No entries found. Showing closest matches:
acclīnis, e, adj. (also adc-) [ad-CLINO], leaning on or against something, inclined to or toward (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with dat.
- I. Lit.: corpusque levabat arboris adclinis trunco, Verg. A. 10, 834; so Ov. M. 15, 737; Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 36 al.
In prose, Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39; Just. 28, 4: crates inter se acclines, Col. 12, 15, 1.
- B. Esp. of localities, Amm. 14, 8; 29, 5.
- II. Trop., inclined to, disposed to (= inclinatus, propensus): acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat, Hor. S. 2, 2, 6.
ac-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lean on or against something (not before the Aug. period; mostly poet.).
- I. Lit.: se acclinavit in illum, Ov. M. 5, 72: latus leoni, Stat. Silv. 4, 2, 51.
Most freq. in part. pass.: acclinatus: colla acclinata, Ov. M. 10, 268; cf.: terrae acclinatus, id. ib. 14, 666: castra tumulo sunt acclinata, Liv. 44, 3, 6: maria terris, Stat. Silv. 5, 4, 5.
- II. Trop., with se, to incline to a thing: ad causam senatus, Liv. 4, 48, 9.