ἀποκλίνω

apoklinōVerbG6445

to turn off

Full Lexicon Entry

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)

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