παρακλίνω

A. bend, turn aside, ἦκα παακλίνας κεφαλήν Od. 20.301 ; π. τοὺς μυκτῆρας πρὸς τὰς λαύρας Ar. Pax 157 ; π. τὴν πύλην set it ajar, Hdt. 3.156 ; π. τῆς αὐλείας open a bit of the hall-door, Ar. Pax 981.

2. metaph., ἄλλῃ παρκλίνωσι δίκας turn justice from her path, Hes. Op. 262 ; π. τὸν νόμον Arist. Rh.Al. 1444b16 ; of words, σμικρόν τι π. alter slightly, Pl. Cra. 410a, cf. 400c.

3. lay beside, τὰς λαγόνας γυναιξί dub. in LXX Si. 47.19 (v. παρανακλίνω), cf. Ruf. Ren.Ves. 1.13 :—Med. and Pass., lie alongside, Hp. Art. 54 ; lie down beside, τινι Theoc. 2.44, AP 5.293 (Agath.); lie side by side, Arist. HA 540a1 ; of adjacent lands, Πελοπηῒς ὅση παρακέκλιται Ἰσθμῷ Call. Del. 72.

4. Med., turn aside, Ant.Lib. 17.6.

II. intr., turn aside, Il. 23.424 (where however ἵππους may be supplied) ; παρακλίνασα having swerved from her first seeming, A. Ag. 744 (lyr.).

III. turn aside from, avoid, τὴν ἁφὴν τὴν ἀλλήλων Arist. GA 745a26.