κλίνω

Ancient Greek

verb
Definitions
  • to bend, slant
  • to cause to give way, cause to retreat
  • to lean, prop something on another
  • to turn aside
  • to decline, wane
  • to seat, cause to lie down
  • (grammar) to inflect, decline, conjugate
  • (passive) to lean, be sloping
  • (passive) to wander, stray

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb), *ḱley- (lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱley-

Gloss

lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

坂

Emoji

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