κλίνω
I. "to make to bend, slope", or "slant", Lat. inclinare, κλίνειν τάλαντα "to incline or turn" the scale, Il.; Τρῶας ἔκλιναν "made" them "give way", id=Il.; ἔκλινε μάχην "turned the tide" of war, id=Il.
2. "to make" one thing "lean" against another, i. e. σάκε᾽ ὤμοισι κλίναντες, i. e. "raising" their shields "so that the upper rim rested" on their shoulders, id=Il.
3. "to turn aside", ὄσσε πάλιν κλίνασα "having turned" back her eyes, id=Il.
4. "to make to recline", ἐν κλίνηι κλ. τινά "to make" him "lie down" at table, Hdt.:—metaph., ἡμέρα κλίνει ἅπαντα "puts to rest, lays low" all things, Soph.
II. Pass. "to be bent, bend", ἐκλίνθη he "bent aside, swerved", Il.; of a pan, ἂψ ἑτέρωσ᾽ ἐκλίθη "it was tipped over" to the other side, Od.
2. "to lean or stay oneself" upon or against a thing, c. dat., Hom.; so in Mid., κλινάμενος Od.:—also, κεκλιμένος ἐπάλξεσιν "seeking safety" in them, Il.
3. "to lie down, lie", Hom., etc.; "to lie on a couch" at meals, Hdt., etc.
4. of Places (in perf.), "to lie sloping towards" the sea, ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη Od.; νῆσοι, αἵθ᾽ ἁλὶ κεκλίαται (epic for κέκλινται), id=Od.
5. "to wander from the right course", Theogn.
III. Mid. "to decline", of the day, Hdt.; so, intr. in Act., ἡ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν NTest.:—metaph., κλ. ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον "to fall off, degenerate", Xen.