ἀποκλίνω (apoklinō)
apoklinō
to turn off
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Definition
1. to turn off or aside , τι (Odyssey by Homer): to turn back , (Homeric Hymns):—;Pass., of the day, to decline, get towards evening , (Herdotus Historicus)
2. Pass. to be upset , (Demosthenes Orator)
3. intransitive in Act. to turn aside or off the road , (Xenophon Historicus); πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go Eastward, (Herdotus Historicus)
4. often in bad sense, to fall away, decline, degenerate , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαιθυμεῖν (Demosthenes Orator):—;and without bad sense, to have a leaning, be favourably disposed , πρός τινα (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
2. Pass. to be upset , (Demosthenes Orator)
3. intransitive in Act. to turn aside or off the road , (Xenophon Historicus); πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go Eastward, (Herdotus Historicus)
4. often in bad sense, to fall away, decline, degenerate , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαιθυμεῖν (Demosthenes Orator):—;and without bad sense, to have a leaning, be favourably disposed , πρός τινα (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)