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παρακλίνω

παρακλίνω, to bend

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παρέκλινεν aorist passive indicative 3rd plural, aorist active indicative 3rd singular, imperfect active indicative 3rd singular of παρακλίνω

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παρα-κλίνω [ῑ],
  • bend, turn aside, ἦκα παρακλίνας κεφαλήν Od. 20.301; π. τοὺς μυκτῆρας πρὸς τὰς λαύρας Ar. Pax 157; π. τὴν πύλην set it ajar, Hdt. 3.156; π. τῆς αὐλείας open a bit of the hall-door, Ar. Pax 981.
      • 2 metaph., ἄλλῃ παρκλίνωσι δίκας turn justice from her path, Hes. Op. 262; π. τὸν νόμον Arist. Rh.Al. 1444b16; of words, σμικρόν τι π. alter slightly, Pl. Cra. 410a, cf. 400c.
      • 3 lay beside, τὰς λαγόνας γυναιξί dub. in LXX Si. 47.19 (v. παρανακλίνω), cf. Ruf. Ren.Ves. 1.13:—Med. and Pass., lie alongside, Hp. Art. 54; lie down beside, τινι Theoc. 2.44, AP 5.293 (Agath.); lie side by side, Arist. HA 540a1; of adjacent lands, Πελοπηῒς ὅση παρακέκλιται Ἰσθμῷ Call. Del. 72.
      • 4 Med., turn aside, Ant.Lib. 17.6.
    • II intr., turn aside, Il. 23.424 (where however ἵππους may be supplied); παρακλίνασα having swerved from her first seeming, A. Ag. 744 (lyr.).
    • III turn aside from, avoid, τὴν ἁφὴν τὴν ἀλλήλων Arist. GA 745a26.

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