A declining.

To incline: to bowe downe: to decap: to appaire: to waxe worse. Hæc animum inclinãt, vt cum modico præsidio venisse Masinissam credam, Liu. These things bend my minde to beleeue, that, &c. Hos vt sequar inclinat animus. Li. My mind somewhat inclineth to follow them. Inclinare animum ad rem aliquem. Li. To bend his mind to Ortus inclinauerat astra. Stat. The sunne rising did put other starres amap out of sight. Inclinare vel inclinari dicitur acies. Liu. To recoyle: to giue backe: to shrinke. Vt nihil esset, vbi se dolor tuus inclinaret. Sen. So that there was nothing wherein thy sorrow could asswag e or mittigate it selfe. Domus inclinata. Vit. An house beginning to fall. Fata ducum inclinant. Lucan. Si fortuna inclinauerat, vt nostri magna inopia necessariarÛ rerum conflictarentur. Cæsar. Fortune was chaunged or turned, that our men, &c. Inclinata & prope iacÊs fortuna. Ci. Fortune decaied and almost cleane ouercome. Oppida inclinata. Ouid. Townes fallen to decay. Inclinatates: cui integra opponitur. Cice. A state fallen in worse case than it was, aduersitie. Re neutrò inclinata. Cæsar. The matter being inclined to neither one part more than to other. Inclinata Respub. Salust. The common weale beginning to fal to decay. Fluctuatus animo est, vtrum. &c. inclinauit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen dimitterer. Liu. He was in doubte with himselfe, whether, &c. and at laste his opinion bence to send his armie into Thessalie. Inclinabant eò sententiæ, vt dum, &c. Liu. The most part bÊt to this opinion, that, &c. Inclinauit eò sententia quod tutius censebant vniuersosire. Liu. The more parte bent that way that they thoughte it more safe for all to go togither. Inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto, videbantur. Li. It seemed their power and authoritie would turne to the Sabes, &c. In hoc consilium maximè inclinant. Liuius. The mosse parte bend to, &c Quum omnem culpam in collegam inclinaret. Liu. Where as he caste all the fault vpon his companion in office. Cursum inclinare aliquó. Oui. To turne his iorney toward. Phalerius eloquentiam primus inclinauit. Quin. Phale first beganne to cortupt and decry eloquence. Genua inclinarat areais. Ouid. He kneeled downe vppon the grauell. Inclinare in fugam. Liu. To beginne to flie. Quó postquam inclinauit fuga, alij arma, &c. Liu. Ad Stoicos inclinare, Cic. Paulum timore inclinari. Cic. Inclinare in vitium. Plin. To beginne to be corrupted and waxe naught. Dies inclinarus, posterior pars diei, pomeridianum tempus. Pliiunior. The latter parte of the day drawing toward an end. Meridies inclinat. Horat. The day draweth toward sun sette. Inclinat se sol. Liu. The sunne is going downe. Inclinatum fretÛ æstu. Liu. The sea waxed quiet or caline.

I. Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.

A. Lit.

1. In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): vela contrahit malosque inclinat, Liv. 36, 44, 2: genua arenis, Ov. M. 11, 356: (rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae, id. ib. 11, 209: inclinato in dextrum capite, Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69: inclinata utrolibet cervix, id. 1, 11, 9: pollice intus inclinato, id. 11, 3, 99: arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas, Mart. 1, 77, 8: sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus, Ov. M. 2, 721: at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes, i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis): prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc., i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.: inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.— Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos, Quint. 11, 3, 132): (terra) inclinatur retroque recellit, bends down, Lucr. 6, 573: saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis, Juv. 15, 63.—

2. In partic.

a. In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way: ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies, i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3: tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit, id. 7, 33, 7: quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes, Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —

b. In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward: septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat, Liv. 26, 45, 8: cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est, id. 29, 7, 2.—

c. In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out: jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7: quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus, Juv. 10, 224: ipsos maritos, id. 9, 26.—

3. Transf., of color, to incline to: colore ad aurum inclinato, Plin. 15, 11, 10, 37: coloris in luteum inclinati, id. 24, 15, 86, 136.—

4. Of a disease, to abate, diminish: morbus inclinatus, Cels. 3, 2: febris se inclinat, id. ib. al.—

B. Trop.

1. In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction: se ad Stoicos, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10: culpam in aliquem, to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12: quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat, Just. 5, 1 fin.: judicem inclinat miseratio, moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14: haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc., Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.: quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur, Liv. 1, 18, 5.—

2. In partic.

a. To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline: se fortuna inclinaverat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3: omnia simul inclinante fortuna, Liv. 33, 18, 1: ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt, to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2: eloquentiam, Quint. 10, 1, 80.—

b. To throw upon, remove, transfer: haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera, Liv. 1, 43, 9: omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis, id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.): (vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt, Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9: partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur, id. 10, 13, 1.—

II. Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.

A. Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.): paulum inclinare necesse est corpora, Lucr. 2, 243: sol inclinat, Juv. 3, 316: inclinare meridiem sentis, Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which: sol se inclinavit, Liv. 9, 32, 6; v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies, Curt. 6, 11, 9.—

2. In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way: ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies, Liv. 7, 33, 7: in fugam, id. 34, 28 fin.: inclinantes jam legiones, Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—

3. To change for the worse, turn, fail: si fortuna belli inclinet, Liv. 3, 61, 5: inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat, Tac. A. 15, 21. —

B. Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.): si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum, id. Att. 12, 29, 2: ad voluptatem audientium, Quint. 2, 10, 10: in stirpem regiam studiis, Curt. 10, 7, 12: amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce ... inclinet, Hor. S. 1, 3, 71: cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum, Cic. de Sen. 6, 16: color ad crocum inclinans, Plin. 27, 12, 105, 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut: ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus, Liv. 7, 9, 5: multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur, id. 27, 46, 7: hos ut sequar inclinat animus, id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.: inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere, Liv. 32, 13, 5: inclinavit sententia universos ire, id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.: consules ad patrum causam inclinati, Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.: inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus, Tac. H. 1, 81: inclinatis ad credendum animis, Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1: ad paenitentiam, id. ib. 2, 45. —

2. In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare): inclinant jam fata ducum, change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.

A. Bent down, sunken: senectus, Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep: vox, Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.: inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere, id. ib. 8, 27. —

B. Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing: plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat, Liv. 23, 46, 3: plebs ad regem Macedonasque, id. 42, 30, 1: ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat, id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—

C. Sunken, fallen, deteriorated: ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1: copiae, Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.: rerum inclinata ferre, i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.