I.to lean on or against something (not before the Aug. period; mostly poet.).
I. Lit.: “se acclinavit in illum,” Ov. M. 5, 72: “latus leoni,” Stat. Silv. 4, 2, 51.—Most freq. in part. pass.: “acclinatus: colla acclinata,” Ov. M. 10, 268; cf.: “terrae acclinatus,” id. ib. 14, 666: “castra tumulo sunt acclinata,” Liv. 44, 3, 6: “maria terris,” Stat. Silv. 5, 4, 5.—
II. Trop., with se, to incline to a thing: “ad causam senatus,” Liv. 4, 48, 9.