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rē^clīnis , e (dub. collat. form rē^clī-nus , Vop. Firm. 4), adj. id.,
I.leaning back, bent back, reclining (a poet. word of the Aug. per., but not in Verg. or Hor.): “inque sinu juvenis positā cervice reclinis,” Ov. M. 10, 558 (dub.; “al. renidens): in gramine floreo,” Mart. 9, 90, 1; Sil. 5, 470; Val. Fl. 4, 535: “cubili,” Stat. S. 1, 2, 161; 4, 3, 70; Tac. A. 13, 16: “super pedes cubitantis,” id. ib. 14, 5.—
II. Of things: tabula, a projecting shelf or seat, Pall. 7, 2, 3: “sellula,” a recliningchair, Hier. Reg. S. Pamsch. 87.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.558
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.16
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.535
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.2
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