ἔγκλισις
egklisis
inclination
Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔγκλισις, εως, ἡ, A. inclination, ἔ. λαβεῖν, of the earth, 2.9, cf. Amat. 132b; of the ecliptic (ὁ λοξὸς κύκλος), GC 336b4; of ground, ἔ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἕω Pol. 1330a39; εἰς νότον Antr. 26; ἐγκλίσεις τῆς κεφαλῆς εἰς τὰ δεξιά Phgn. 808a13; ἐ. σχημάτων τριγώνων 10.28(pl.); ἐ. δορατίου, in signalling, 26.1. 2. the inclination or slope, as of a wave, κατὰ τὴν ἔ. σκιασθῆναι Col. 792a22. 3. Medic., displacement, Fract. 39 (pl.): generally, ὄγκων cj. in Ep. 1p.14U. 4. modulation of a singerʼs voice, 32.49. 5. failure, defeat, 1.2445. II. in Gramm., 1. mood of a verb, Comp. 6, 638.7, Synt. 248.14, etc. 2. throwing back of the accent, Pron. 8.7, al.; change of acute to grave accent, Adv. 169.23. 3. inflexion, in Cat. 65.8, in Cat. 33.8: generally, of derivative forms, in Cat. 37.11.
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