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κλίνω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-né-y-ti (to lean).[1]

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    Verb

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    κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)

    1. to bend; to slant
    2. to cause to give way; to cause to retreat
    3. to lean; to prop something on another
    4. to turn aside
    5. to decline; to wane
    6. to seat; to cause to lie down
    7. (grammar) to inflect; to decline; to conjugate
    8. (passive voice) to lean; to be sloping
    9. (passive voice) to wander; to stray

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    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κλῑ́νω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 716

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    Greek

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    Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    κλίνω (klíno) (imperfect έκλινα, past έκλινα, passive κλίνομαι)

    1. (transitive, with no passive) to bend, slant
    2. (transitive, figuratively, with no passive) to tend
    3. (intransitive, grammar, active and passive) to inflect, decline, conjugate

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