lean (v.) Copy link Outline I. To incline; esp. so as to rest on something.1. nītor, sus and xus, 3 (to support oneself on2. incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 3 (foll. by in and acc. or dat.3. applĭco, 1 (with pron. refl.)4. acclīno, 1 (with pron. refl.II. To deviate from the perpendicular1. inclīno, inclīnor, 12. dēclīno, 1 (with pron. refl. or as intrans.)III. To be disposed in any way • lean (v.): I. To incline; esp. so as to rest on something. 1. nītor, sus and xus, 3 (to support oneself on: usu. with abl.): l.ing on a spear, hastili nixus, Cic. Rab. perd. 7, 21: Virg.: the latter has, in hastam niti, Aen. 12, 398. Also comp. innītor, also usu. with abl.; poet. also dat.: Caes. B. G. 2, 27: Liv.: Ov. 2. incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 3 (foll. by in and acc. or dat.: latter chiefly poet.): to l. (fall) upon one's sword, in gladium i., Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154; on a person (for support), in aliquem i., Curt. 6, 9, fin.: with dat., Virg. E. 8, 16. 3. applĭco, 1 (with pron. refl.): they l. against trees, ad arbores se inclinant, Caes. B. G. 6, 27. 4. acclīno, 1 (with pron. refl.: rare and poet.): to l. towards any one, se a. in aliquem, Ov. Met. 5, 72. Phr.: rest, l.ing on the elbow, cubito remanete presso, Hor. Od. 1, 27, 8. II. To deviate from the perpendicular: 1. inclīno, inclīnor, 1: Lucr. 2, 243: cf. id. 6, 573: Virg. Aen. 12, 59. 2. dēclīno, 1 (with pron. refl. or as intrans.): Lucr. 2, 250, sqq. III. To be disposed in any way: v. to incline (B., II.).