ἀποκλίνω
ἀποκλίνω
to turn off or aside, τι Od.: to turn back, Hhymn.:—Pass., of the day, to decline, get towards evening, Hdt.
Pass. to be upset, Dem.
intr. in Act. to turn aside or off the road, Xen.; πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go Eastward, Hdt.
often in bad sense, to fall away, decline, degenerate, Soph.; ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαιθυμεῖν Dem.:—and without bad sense, to have a leaning, be favourably disposed, πρός τινα Soph.