Lexical Definition

‎ἀνακλίνω‎ anaklínō (an-ak-lee'-no) to recline ^G:V
from ‎ἀνά‎ and ‎κλίνω‎

lay, (make) sit down.

• to lean back

Abbott-Smith

** ἀνα-κλίνω, [in LXX: III Mac 5:16*;]
to lay upon, lean against, hence,
(a) to lay down: Lk 2:7;
(b) to make to recline: Mk 6:39, WH, mg., Lk 12:37. Pass., to lie back, recline: Mt 8:11 14:19, Lk 13:29.†
SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (q.v.), ἀναπίπτω.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀνακλίνω-κλίνω,

poetry ἀγκλ-, (see. κλίνω) lean one thing upon another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας having laid it on the ground, [ἀνακλίνωκλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; cause to recline at table, [NT+2nd c.BC+]:—mostly in passive, lie, sink, or lean back, recline, ἀνακλίνωκλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος[Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons asleep, [Refs]; of rowers, [Refs]; of the elephant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be strung, of strings of lyre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 passive, of ground, lie sloping upwards, [Refs]
__II push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλίνωκλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ᾽ ἐπιθεῖναι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV overthrow, of earthquake, compared to batteringram, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.12.37}