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.
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.
