- ἀποκλίνω
- to turn off
- 1. to turn off or aside , τι [8th/7th c.BC]: to turn back , [7th/6th c.BC]:—;Pass., of the day, to decline, get towards evening , [Refs 5th c.BC]
2. Pass. to be upset , [Refs 4th c.BC]
3. intr. in Act. to turn aside or off the road , [5th/4th c.BC]; πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go Eastward, [Refs 5th c.BC]
4. often in bad sense, to fall away, decline, degenerate , [Refs 5th c.BC]; ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαιθυμεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC]:—;and without bad sense, to have a leaning, be favourably disposed , πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)