Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

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” Philostr.Im.2.1; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, Arist.Mech. 851b13; cause to recline at table, Plb.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, Arist.HA498a11; to be strung, of strings of lyre, Philostr.Im.1.10.

2. Pass., of ground, lie sloping upwards, Gp.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 ἠδ᾽ ἐπιθεῖναι” Il.5.751, cf. Call.Ap.6; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, Hdt. 5.16.

III. throw the head back, and so, lift up, “τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν” Pl.R.540a.

IV. overthrow, of earthquake, compared to batteringram, Paus.7.24.10.