it on the ground, Il.4.113; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυνPhilostr.Im.2.1; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, Arist.Mech. 851b13;
cause to recline
at table, Plb.31.4.5, Ev.Luc.12.37:— mostly in Pass.,
lie, sink,
or
lean back, recline,
ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιοσOd. 9.371; of persons asleep, 18.189; of rowers, 13.78; of the elephant, Arist.HA498a11; to be
strung,
of strings of lyre, Philostr.Im.1.10. 2. Pass., of ground,
lie sloping upwards,
Gp.2.3.1. II.
push
or
put back,
and so,
open,
θύρην ἀγκλίνασOd.22.156; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναιIl.5.751, cf. Call.Ap.6; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, Hdt. 5.16. III.
throw
the head
back,
and so,
lift up,
τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήνPl.R.540a. IV.
overthrow,
of earthquake, compared to batteringram, Paus.7.24.10.