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ἀποκλίνω

ἀποκλίνω, to turn off

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ἀπόκλινον aorist active imperative 2nd singular, imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of ἀποκλίνω

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ἀπο-κλίνω [ῑ], fut. -ῐνῶ:— Pass., aor. -εκλίθην, poet. -εκλίνθην Theoc. 3.37:—
  • turn off or aside, ὄνειρον Od. 19.556; αὐγήν Sor. 1.100; turn back, h.Ven. 168: metaph., τὴν διάνοιαν Simp. in Ph. 1164.39:—Pass. (cf. III.1), slope away, of countries, τὰ πρὸς τὴν Γελῴαν ἀποκεκλιμένα D.S. 13.89; of the day, decline towards evening, ἀποκλινομένης τῆς μεσαμβρίης, τῆς ἡμέρης, Hdt. 3.104, 114, 4.181.
    • II Pass., to be upset, D. 55.24, Plu. Galb. 27.
    • III more freq. intr. in Act.,
      • 1 of countries, slope, ὡς πρὸς τὰς ἄρκτους Plb. 3.47.2.
      • 2 turn aside or off the road, X. An. 2.2.16, Theoc. 7.130: hence, τὸ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go eastward, Hdt. 4.22.
      • 3 slip off, στέφανον -κλίνοντα τῆς κεφαλῆς Philostr. Im. 1.14.
      • 4 with a bad sense, fall away, decline, S. OT 1192 (lyr.); ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαθυμεῖν D. 1.13; πρὸς θηριώδη φύσιν Pl. Plt. 309e: generally, tend, incline, πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Arist. EN 1121b10, cf. Pl. R. 547e; ἀ. ὡς πρὸς τὴν δημοκρατίαν, πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν, Arist. Pol. 1293b35, 1307a15; ἀ. ἐίς τινα τέχνην Pl. Lg. 847a; πρὸς τὸ κόσμιον ib. 802e; to be favourably disposed, πρός τινα D. 23.105.
      • 5 Astrol., of planets, enter the ἀπόκλιμα (q.v.), opp. ἐπίκεντρος εἶναι, Plot. 2.3.1, cf. 3, Ptol. Tetr. 115.

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