inclīnātĭo, ōnis, f. [inclino], a leaning, bending, inclining to one side (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: (corporis) ingressus, cursus, accubitio, inclinatio, sessio, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94: corporis, Quint. 1, 11, 16: fortis ac virilis laterum, id. ib. 18: incumbentis in mulierculam, id. 11, 3, 90: alternā egerunt scobem, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227: merso navigio inclinatione lateris unius, id. 8, 51, 77, § 208.— In plur.: variis trepidantium inclinationibus, Tac. H. 2, 35; Plin. 37, 10, 58, § 160.—
B In partic.: caeli, a transl. of the Gr. κλίμα, the inclination or slope of the earth from the equator to the pole, a parallel of latitude , clime , Vitr. 1, 1; Gell. 14, 1, 8; for which, mundi, Vitr. 6, 1.—
II Trop., an inclination , tendency.
A In gen.: ad meliorem spem, Cic. Sest. 31, 67: crudelitas est inclinatio animi ad asperiora, Sen. Clem. 2, 4 med. : alii (loci communes) ad totius causae inclinationem (faciunt), Quint. 5, 13, 57.—
B In partic., inclination , bias , favor : voluntatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 129; cf. voluntatum, id. Mur. 26, 53: judicum ad aliquem, Quint. 6, 1, 20: principum inclinatio in hos, offensio in illos, Tac. A. 4, 20: utendum ea inclinatione Caesar ratus, id. ib. 1, 28: senatus, id. ib. 2, 38: animorum, Liv. 44, 31, 1: in aliquem, Tac. H. 2, 92 —
C Transf.
1 (Qs., a leaning or bending out of its former position; hence.) An alteration , change : communium temporum, Cic. Balb. 26, 58: an ignoratis, populi Romani vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae inclinatione temporis pendere? id. Agr. 2, 29, 80; cf. id. Phil. 5, 10, 26: hoc amplius Theophrastus (scripsit), quae essent in re publica rerum inclinationes et momenta temporum, id. Fin. 5, 4, 11: inclinationes temporum atque momenta, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5; cf. id. Planc. 39, 94.—
2 Rhet. t. t.: vocis, the play of the voice , its elevation and depression in impassioned speech, Cic. Brut. 43, 158; plur., Quint. 11, 3, 168. —
3 In the old gram. lang., the formation or derivation of a word, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1 Müll.