κλίνω to make to bend, slope, or slant, Lat. inclinare, κλίνειν τάλαντα to incline or turn the scale, Il.; Τρῶας ἔκλιναν made them give way, Il.; ἔκλινε μάχην turned the tide of war, Il. to make one thing lean against another, i. e. σάκεʼ ὤμοισι κλίναντες, i. e. raising their shields so that the upper rim rested on their shoulders, Il. to turn aside, ὄσσε πάλιν κλίνασα having turned back her eyes, Il. to make to recline, ἐν κλίνηι κλ. τινά to make him lie down at table, Hdt.:—metaph., ἡμέρα κλίνει ἅπαντα puts to rest, lays low all things, Soph. Pass. to be bent, bend, ἐκλίνθη he bent aside, swerved, Il.; of a pan, ἂψ ἑτέρωσʼ ἐκλίθη it was tipped over to the other side, Od. to lean or stay oneself upon or against a thing, c. dat., Hom.; so in Mid., κλινάμενος Od.:—also, κεκλιμένος ἐπάλξεσιν seeking safety in them, Il. to lie down, lie, Hom., etc.; to lie on a couch at meals, Hdt., etc. of Places (in perf.), to lie sloping towards the sea, ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη Od.; νῆσοι, αἵθʼ ἁλὶ κεκλίαται (Epic for κέκλινται), Od. to wander from the right course, Theogn. Mid. to decline, of the day, Hdt.; so, intr. in Act., ἡ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν NTest.:—metaph., κλ. ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον to fall off, degenerate, Xen.