prō-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bend or incline forwards, to bend, incline (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: tum mare in haec magnus proclinet litora Nereus, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Vitr. 2, 8, 20: curvatura montis proclinata ad mare, id. 2, 10, 1: proclinatum latus, id. 5, 12, 3.—
II Trop., in part. pass. , inclining or verging to a consummation , tottering to its fall : adjuvat rem proclinatam Convictolitanis, Caes. B. G. 7, 42, 2: proclinatā jam re, id. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, § 1.