ἀνακλίνω
anaklino
lean
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνακλίνω, poet. ἀγκλ-, (v. κλίνω) A. lean one thing upon another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας having laid it on the ground, Il. 4.113; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν Im. 2.1; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, Mech. 851b13; cause to recline at table, 31.4.5, Ev.Luc. 12.37:—mostly in Pass., lie, sink, or lean back, recline, ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος Od. 9.371; of persons asleep, 18.189; of rowers, 13.78; of the elephant, HA 498a11; to be strung, of strings of lyre, Im. 1.10. 2. Pass., of ground, lie sloping upwards, 2.3.1. II. push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας Od. 22.156; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδʼ ἐπιθεῖναι Il. 5.751, cf. Ap. 6; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, 5.16. III. throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν R. 540a. IV. overthrow, of earthquake, compared to batteringram, 7.24.10.
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