Strong G2827κλίνω
to bow/lay down
- Transliteration
- klinō
- Pronunciation
- klee'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to slant or slope that is incline or recline (literally or figuratively): - bow (down) be far spent lay turn to flight wear away.
Detailed definition
κλίνω
[in LXX chiefly for נָטָה;]
1. to make to bend, to bow: τ. κεφαλήν (of one dying), Jhn.19:30; τ. πρόσωτον (of terrified persons), Luk.24:5.
2. to make to lean, to rest: τ. κεφαλήν (in sleep), Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58.
3. As in Hom., of soldiers, to turn (to flight), παρεμβολάς, Heb.11:34.
4. In late Gk. (as mid, in cl.), to decline: intrans., ἡ ἡμέρα, Luk.9:12 24:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָטָה;]
1. to make to bend, to bow: τ. κεφαλήν (of one dying), Jhn.19:30; τ. πρόσωτον (of terrified persons), Luk.24:5.
2. to make to lean, to rest: τ. κεφαλήν (in sleep), Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58.
3. As in Hom., of soldiers, to turn (to flight), παρεμβολάς, Heb.11:34.
4. In late Gk. (as mid, in cl.), to decline: intrans., ἡ ἡμέρα, Luk.9:12 24:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2827 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bow2
- lie2
- spend1
- turn1
- wear1
First verses
- Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
- Luke 9:12And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
- Luke 9:58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
- Luke 24:5And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
- Luke 24:29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
- John 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
- Hebrews 11:34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κλίνω [ῑ],
future κλῐνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 557, (ἐγκατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 621)]: aorist 1 ἔκλῑνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.37, etc.)]: perfect κέκλῐκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2)]:—middle, aorist ἐκλινάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.340, etc.:)] —passive, future κλῐθήσομαι συγ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1090, (κατα-) 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 8 “fragment” 19)]: future 2 κατα-κλῐνήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 222e, also κεκλίσομαι uncertain in 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 22.7)]: aorist 1 ἐκλίθην [ῐ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.470, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 101 (Lyric poetry), 1226, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 211 (_anapaest meter_), frequently in Prose; poetry also ἐκλίνθην, see below 11.1, 2, 3)]: aorist 2 ἐκλίνην [ῐ] only in compounds, κατακλῐνῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1208, 1211, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.15, etc.; ξυγκατακλῐνείς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 981:)]perfect κέκλῐμαι (see. below); infinitive κεκλίσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 325.3, but κεκλίνθαι variant [prev. work] 47.1. (κλῐ-ν-yω)], for. root κλῐ: κλει-, compare κλειτύ; Sanskrit śráyati 'cause to lean', 'support', Latin clinare, clivus.):—cause to lean, make to slope or slant, ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τάλαντα Ζεύς when he inclines or turns the scale, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.223)]; Τρῶας δ᾽ ἔκλιναν Δαναοί made them give way,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.37, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.59; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ἔκλινε μάχην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.510; ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρας.. ἡμῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 704; also ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε.. κλῇθρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1262:)] — middle, Περσῶν κλινάμενοι [δύναμιν] [Refs (“IG” 12.763.)]
2 make one thing slope against another, i.e. lean, rest it, τι πρός τι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.171, compare 510; ἅρματα δ᾽ ἔκλιναν πρὸς ἐνώπια 8.435: with _dative_, ἔστησαν σάκε᾽ ὤμοισι κλίναντες)], i.e. raising their shields so that the upper rim rested on their shoulders, [Refs (11.593.)]
3 turn aside, μηκέτι τοῦδε βήματος ἔξω πόδα κλίνῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 193 (Lyric poetry))]; ὄσσε πάλιν κλίνασα having turned back her eyes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.427)]; τὰς ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν [φλέβας] ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ κ. turn to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 77e.)]
4 make another recline, ἐν κλίνῃ κλῖναί τινας make them lie down at table, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.16; κλῖνόν μ᾽ ἐς εὐνήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 227; κλίνατ᾽, οὐ σθένω ποσίν [prev. author] Alcaeus267 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια)] puts to rest, lays low, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 131.)]
5 in Magic, make subservient, ψυχήν [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.1718.)]
6 Grammars, inflect, τὰ ῥήματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 212.20)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 12.7.)]
II passive, lean, ἂψ δ᾽ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐϋζώνοιο τιθήνης ἐκλίνθη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.467)]; ὁ δ᾽ ἐκλίνθη, καὶ ἀλεύατο κῆρα μέλαιναν he bent aside, [Refs (7.254)]; of a brasen foot-pan, ἂψ δ᾽ ἑτέρωσ᾽ ἐκλίθη it was tipped over, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.470)]; of battle, turn, ἐκλίνθη δὲ μάχη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 711)]; of a body in equilibrium, οὐδαμόσε κλιθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109a, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.8, +others)]
II.2 lean, stay oneself upon or against a thing, with dative, ἀσπίσι κεκλιμένοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.135)]; κίονι, κλισμῷ κεκλιμένη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.307, 17.97; ἠέρι δ᾽ ἔγχος ἐκέκλιτο καὶ ταχἔ ἵππω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.356 (assuming variant); ἐν δορὶ κεκλιμένος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 2)] (also in middle, κλινάμενος σταθμῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.340); κεκλιμένοι καλῇσιν ἐπάλξεσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.3; πρὸς τοῖχον ἐκλίνθησαν 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 34; ξύλα ἐς ἄλληλα κεκλιμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73)]; ὅταν τύχωσι (i.e. αἱ ἄτομοἰ τῇ περιπλοκῇ κεκλιμέναι when they chance to be propped (i.e. checked) by the interlacing with others, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.8U.)]
II.3 lie down, fall, ἐν νεκύεσσι κλινθήτην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.350, etc.)]; παραὶ λεχέεσσι κλιθῆναι lie beside her on the bed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.213, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1226)]: in perfect, to be laid, lie, ἔντεα.. παρ᾽ αὐτοῖσι χθονὶ κέκλιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.472)]; φύλλων κεκλιμένων of fallen leaves, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.194 (φύλλα κεκλ. in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.2)], slanting leaves); Ληθαίῳ κεκλιμένη πεδίῳ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1216)]; Ἀλφεοῦ πόρῳ κλιθείς laid by Alpheus' stream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.92)]; ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται has fallen on her knee, i.e.is humbled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 931 (Lyric poetry); ὑπτία κλίνομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188; τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐρρήγνυτο τὸ τεῖχος, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ἐκλίνετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.5; οὐ νούσῳ.. οὐδ᾽ ὑπὸ δυσμενέων δούρατι κεκλίμεθα “Anthologia Graeca” 7.493 (Antip. Thess.), compare 315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus), 488 (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus), Epic. “Oxy.” 214r.3.)]
II.4 recline at meals, κλιθέντες ἐδαίνυντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.211, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 543, “SIG” 1023.48 (Cos, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; κλίθητι καὶ πίωμεν conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 1203, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 691.)]
II.5 of Places, lie sloping towards the sea, etc., lie near, ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.235; [νῆσοι] αἵ θ᾽ ἁλὶ κεκλίαται (_Epic dialect_ for κέκλινται) 4.608)]: hence, of persons, lie on, live on or by, [Ὀρέσβιος] λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισίδι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.709; ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης κεκλίαται 16.68, compare 15.740; δισσαῖσιν ἀπείροις κλιθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 101 (Lyric poetry))]; πλευρὰ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς κεκλιμένη, τὸ εἰς τὰς ἄρκτους κ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.4, 1.42.5; ὄρος Κοῖον ὃ κέκλιται πρὸς Παρνασσόν “SIG” 826 E iii 37 (Delph., 2nd c.BC).)]
II.6 metaphorically, τῷδε μέλει κλιθείς having devoted himself to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.15)] (also in active, incline towards, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους κεκλικότων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2).)]
II.7 wander from the right course, κεκλιμένη ναῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 856.)]
III middle, decline, wane, καὶ κλίνεται (i.e. τὸ ἦμαρ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 255.6.)]
IV intransitive in active, κ. πρὸς τὸ ξανθὸν χρῶμα incline towards.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 812b3)]; κλίνοντος ὑπὸ ζόφον ἠελίοιο as the sun was declining, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.452)]; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτός as it came to an end, [NT+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.93.7; ἡ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν NT.Luke.9.12; ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἔκλινεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.13; τὸ κλῖνον ἀναλήμψεσθαι “PFay.” 20.14 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]
IV.2 of soldiers, κ. ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, ἐπὶ δόρυ, turn to left, to right, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.9, etc.; κ. πρὸς φυγήν [prev. author] 1.27.8)]; also, wheel, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.4.)]
future κλῐνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 557, (ἐγκατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 621)]: aorist 1 ἔκλῑνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.37, etc.)]: perfect κέκλῐκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2)]:—middle, aorist ἐκλινάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.340, etc.:)] —passive, future κλῐθήσομαι συγ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1090, (κατα-) 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 8 “fragment” 19)]: future 2 κατα-κλῐνήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 222e, also κεκλίσομαι uncertain in 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 22.7)]: aorist 1 ἐκλίθην [ῐ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.470, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 101 (Lyric poetry), 1226, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 211 (_anapaest meter_), frequently in Prose; poetry also ἐκλίνθην, see below 11.1, 2, 3)]: aorist 2 ἐκλίνην [ῐ] only in compounds, κατακλῐνῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1208, 1211, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.15, etc.; ξυγκατακλῐνείς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 981:)]perfect κέκλῐμαι (see. below); infinitive κεκλίσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 325.3, but κεκλίνθαι variant [prev. work] 47.1. (κλῐ-ν-yω)], for. root κλῐ: κλει-, compare κλειτύ; Sanskrit śráyati 'cause to lean', 'support', Latin clinare, clivus.):—cause to lean, make to slope or slant, ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τάλαντα Ζεύς when he inclines or turns the scale, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.223)]; Τρῶας δ᾽ ἔκλιναν Δαναοί made them give way,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.37, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.59; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ἔκλινε μάχην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.510; ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρας.. ἡμῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 704; also ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε.. κλῇθρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1262:)] — middle, Περσῶν κλινάμενοι [δύναμιν] [Refs (“IG” 12.763.)]
2 make one thing slope against another, i.e. lean, rest it, τι πρός τι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.171, compare 510; ἅρματα δ᾽ ἔκλιναν πρὸς ἐνώπια 8.435: with _dative_, ἔστησαν σάκε᾽ ὤμοισι κλίναντες)], i.e. raising their shields so that the upper rim rested on their shoulders, [Refs (11.593.)]
3 turn aside, μηκέτι τοῦδε βήματος ἔξω πόδα κλίνῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 193 (Lyric poetry))]; ὄσσε πάλιν κλίνασα having turned back her eyes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.427)]; τὰς ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν [φλέβας] ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ κ. turn to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 77e.)]
4 make another recline, ἐν κλίνῃ κλῖναί τινας make them lie down at table, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.16; κλῖνόν μ᾽ ἐς εὐνήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 227; κλίνατ᾽, οὐ σθένω ποσίν [prev. author] Alcaeus267 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια)] puts to rest, lays low, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 131.)]
5 in Magic, make subservient, ψυχήν [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.1718.)]
6 Grammars, inflect, τὰ ῥήματα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 212.20)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 12.7.)]
II passive, lean, ἂψ δ᾽ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐϋζώνοιο τιθήνης ἐκλίνθη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.467)]; ὁ δ᾽ ἐκλίνθη, καὶ ἀλεύατο κῆρα μέλαιναν he bent aside, [Refs (7.254)]; of a brasen foot-pan, ἂψ δ᾽ ἑτέρωσ᾽ ἐκλίθη it was tipped over, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.470)]; of battle, turn, ἐκλίνθη δὲ μάχη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 711)]; of a body in equilibrium, οὐδαμόσε κλιθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109a, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.8, +others)]
II.2 lean, stay oneself upon or against a thing, with dative, ἀσπίσι κεκλιμένοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.135)]; κίονι, κλισμῷ κεκλιμένη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.307, 17.97; ἠέρι δ᾽ ἔγχος ἐκέκλιτο καὶ ταχἔ ἵππω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.356 (assuming variant); ἐν δορὶ κεκλιμένος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 2)] (also in middle, κλινάμενος σταθμῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.340); κεκλιμένοι καλῇσιν ἐπάλξεσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.3; πρὸς τοῖχον ἐκλίνθησαν 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 34; ξύλα ἐς ἄλληλα κεκλιμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73)]; ὅταν τύχωσι (i.e. αἱ ἄτομοἰ τῇ περιπλοκῇ κεκλιμέναι when they chance to be propped (i.e. checked) by the interlacing with others, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.8U.)]
II.3 lie down, fall, ἐν νεκύεσσι κλινθήτην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.350, etc.)]; παραὶ λεχέεσσι κλιθῆναι lie beside her on the bed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.213, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1226)]: in perfect, to be laid, lie, ἔντεα.. παρ᾽ αὐτοῖσι χθονὶ κέκλιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.472)]; φύλλων κεκλιμένων of fallen leaves, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.194 (φύλλα κεκλ. in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.2)], slanting leaves); Ληθαίῳ κεκλιμένη πεδίῳ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1216)]; Ἀλφεοῦ πόρῳ κλιθείς laid by Alpheus' stream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.92)]; ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται has fallen on her knee, i.e.is humbled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 931 (Lyric poetry); ὑπτία κλίνομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188; τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐρρήγνυτο τὸ τεῖχος, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ἐκλίνετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.5; οὐ νούσῳ.. οὐδ᾽ ὑπὸ δυσμενέων δούρατι κεκλίμεθα “Anthologia Graeca” 7.493 (Antip. Thess.), compare 315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus), 488 (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus), Epic. “Oxy.” 214r.3.)]
II.4 recline at meals, κλιθέντες ἐδαίνυντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.211, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 543, “SIG” 1023.48 (Cos, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; κλίθητι καὶ πίωμεν conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 1203, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 691.)]
II.5 of Places, lie sloping towards the sea, etc., lie near, ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.235; [νῆσοι] αἵ θ᾽ ἁλὶ κεκλίαται (_Epic dialect_ for κέκλινται) 4.608)]: hence, of persons, lie on, live on or by, [Ὀρέσβιος] λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισίδι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.709; ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης κεκλίαται 16.68, compare 15.740; δισσαῖσιν ἀπείροις κλιθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 101 (Lyric poetry))]; πλευρὰ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς κεκλιμένη, τὸ εἰς τὰς ἄρκτους κ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.4, 1.42.5; ὄρος Κοῖον ὃ κέκλιται πρὸς Παρνασσόν “SIG” 826 E iii 37 (Delph., 2nd c.BC).)]
II.6 metaphorically, τῷδε μέλει κλιθείς having devoted himself to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.15)] (also in active, incline towards, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους κεκλικότων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2).)]
II.7 wander from the right course, κεκλιμένη ναῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 856.)]
III middle, decline, wane, καὶ κλίνεται (i.e. τὸ ἦμαρ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 255.6.)]
IV intransitive in active, κ. πρὸς τὸ ξανθὸν χρῶμα incline towards.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 812b3)]; κλίνοντος ὑπὸ ζόφον ἠελίοιο as the sun was declining, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.452)]; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτός as it came to an end, [NT+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.93.7; ἡ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν NT.Luke.9.12; ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἔκλινεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.13; τὸ κλῖνον ἀναλήμψεσθαι “PFay.” 20.14 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]
IV.2 of soldiers, κ. ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, ἐπὶ δόρυ, turn to left, to right, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.9, etc.; κ. πρὸς φυγήν [prev. author] 1.27.8)]; also, wheel, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.4.)]