I.to bend back, lean back, recline (class. but rare).
I. Lit.: “alces ad eas (arbores) se applicant atque ita paulum modo reclinatae quietem capiunt ... Huc cum se consuetudine reclinaverunt, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 6, 27: caput, * Cic. Arat. 417: “non habet ubi caput reclinet,” Vulg. Matt. 8, 10: scuta, to lay aside, rest, * Verg. A. 12, 130: “corpora prona,” to turn over, Stat. Th. 9, 369.—Mid.: “reclinari ad suos (in dicendo),” Quint. 11, 3, 132: “te in remoto gramine reclinatum,” Hor. C. 2, 3, 7: “reclinatus in cubitum,” Petr. 39, 2; cf.: “in aliquod adminiculum,” Sen. Ep. 36, 9.—
II. Trop.: “nullum ab labore me reclinat otium,” removes, releases me, Hor. Epod. 17, 24: “in quem onus imperii reclinaret,” might lean, rest, be supported by, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 2, 3.— Absol., to revolt, become rebellious: “nec arrogantibus verbis quidquam scripsit (Julianus), ne videretur subito reclinasse,” Amm. 20, 8, 4.
