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. S. 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.