G6445 — ἀποκλίνω

1. to turn off or aside , τι (Odyssey by Homer): to turn back , (Homeric Hymns):—;Pass., of the day, to decline, get towards evening , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. Pass. to be upset , (Demosthenes Orator) 3. intransitive in Act. to turn aside or off the road , (Xenophon Historicus); πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go Eastward, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. often in bad sense, to fall away, decline, degenerate , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαιθυμεῖν (Demosthenes Orator):—;and without bad sense, to have a leaning, be favourably disposed , πρός τινα (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)