(v. a.P. a.) : in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. clino, clinatus.
* Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.
* Lit.
* Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.
* Trop.
* In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way: ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,i. e. loses ground, retreats,Liv. 1, 12, 3: tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,id. 7, 33, 7: quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,Tac. G. 8; cf. under II.
* Transf., of color, to incline to: colore ad aurum inclinato,Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37: coloris in luteum inclinati,id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.
* Of a disease, to abate, diminish: morbus inclinatus,Cels. 3, 2: febris se inclinat,id. ib. al.
* In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction: se ad Stoicos,Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10: culpam in aliquem,to lay the blame upon,Liv. 5, 8, 12: quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,Just. 5, 1 fin.: judicem inclinat miseratio,moves,Quint. 4, 1, 14: haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.: quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,Liv. 1, 18, 5.
* In partic.
* To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline: se fortuna inclinaverat,Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3: omnia simul inclinante fortuna,Liv. 33, 18, 1: ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,to give way, yield,Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2: eloquentiam,Quint. 10, 1, 80.
* To throw upon, remove, transfer: haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,Liv. 1, 43, 9: omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.): (vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9: partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,id. 10, 13, 1.
* Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.): paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,Lucr. 2, 243: sol inclinat,Juv. 3, 316: inclinare meridiem sentis,Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which: sol se inclinavit,Liv. 9, 32, 6; v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,Curt. 6, 11, 9.
* In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way: ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,Liv. 7, 33, 7: in fugam,id. 34, 28 fin.: inclinantes jam legiones,Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.
* Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.): si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,id. Att. 12, 29, 2: ad voluptatem audientium,Quint. 2, 10, 10: in stirpem regiam studiis,Curt. 10, 7, 12: amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce ... inclinet,Hor. S. 1, 3, 71: cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,Cic. de Sen. 6, 16: color ad crocum inclinans,Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut: ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,Liv. 7, 9, 5: multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,id. 27, 46, 7: hos ut sequar inclinat animus,id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.: inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,Liv. 32, 13, 5: inclinavit sententia universos ire,id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.: consules ad patrum causam inclinati,Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.: inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,Tac. H. 1, 81: inclinatis ad credendum animis,Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1: ad paenitentiam,id. ib. 2, 45.
* In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare): inclinant jam fata ducum,change,Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.
* Bent down, sunken: senectus,Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep: vox,Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.: inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,id. ib. 8, 27.
* Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing: plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,Liv. 23, 46, 3: plebs ad regem Macedonasque,id. 42, 30, 1: ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.
* Sunken, fallen, deteriorated: ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1: copiae,Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.: rerum inclinata ferre,i. e. troubles, misfortunes,Sil. 6, 119.

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