[1192] ἀποκλῖναι a metaphor from the heavenly bodies; cp. ἀποκλινομένης τῆς ἡμέρης (Hdt. 3.104): and so κλίνει ἡ ἡμέρα, ὁ ἥλιος in later Greek: Dem. 1.13 “οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾳθυμεῖν ἀπέκλινεν.” Xen. Mem. 3.5.13 “ἡ πόλις ... ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἔκλινεν.”
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