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ῥέπω

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turn the scale, sink

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Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

turn the scale, sink

turn the scale, sink, ἐτίταινε τάλαντα, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών, ῥέπε δʼ αἴσιμον ἦμαρ Ἀχαιῶν, implying defeat and death, Il. 8.72; ῥέπε δʼ Ἕκτορος αἴσιμον ἦμαρ 22.212; τὸ τοῦδέ γʼ αὖ ῥέπει Ar. Ra. 1393; τοῦ ταλάντου τὸ ῥέπον κάτω βαδίζει τὸ δὲ κενὸν πρὸς τὸν Δία Id. Fr. 488.4, cf. Cerc. l.c.; τὸ μὲν κάτω ῥέπον . ., βαρύ· τὸ δὲ ἄνω, κοῦφον Pl. Just. 373e; ἀεὶ τοὐναντίον ῥ. Id. R. 550e, cf. Archim. Aequil. 1 Praef.

2 incline one way or the other, is always shifting, never steady, inclines downward, falls, falling

more generally, of things, incline one way or the other, ὅ τι πολλᾷ ῥέποι what is always shifting, never steady, Pi. O. 8.23; βλεμμάτων ῥέπει βολή inclines downward, falls, of a young girlʼs eye, A. Fr. 242; ὕπνος ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ῥέπων sleep falling upon the eyes, Pi. P. 9.25; ἐς τὸ λορδόν, κυφόν, Hp. Art. 48; ῥ. πρὸς τὴν γῆν Arist. PA 686a32, etc.

3 preponderate, prevail, prevailed

of one of two contending parties, preponderate, prevail, ἐπὶ ὁκότερα [οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι] ἐτράποντο, ταῦτα ῥέψειν ἔμελλε Hdt. 7.139; μοι σκοπουμένῳ ἔρρεψε δεῖν on consideration [the opinion] that it was necessary prevailed, Pl. Ep. 328b; ἠθῶν . ., ἃ ἂν ὥσπερ ῥέψαντα τἄλλα ἐφελκύσηται Id. R. 544e.

4 is, inclined, incline towards, prefer, avail, have, influence

of persons, εὖ ῥέπει θεός is favourably inclined, A. Th. 21; ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνές the doctor should incline towards (prefer) pronation, Hp. Fract. 1 (unless in signf. 2, the subject being τὴν χεῖρα) ; ῥ. ἐπὶ τὸ πείθεσθαι Isoc. 15.4; ἐπὶ τὸ λῆμμα D. 18.298; πρὸς τὴν ἀνδρείαν Pl. Plt. 308a, cf. Lg. 802e; also ῥ. ταῖς γνώμαις ἐπὶ τοὺς Ῥοδίους Plb. 33.16.2; εἴς τινα Luc. Bis Acc. 6; but νομίζων τούτους πλεῖστον ῥέπειν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πόλει avail most, have the greatest influence, X. Lac. 4.1, cf. Isyll. 2

5 fall to, be directed towards, points

ῥ. εἴς τινα fall to, be directed towards, τὸ μητρὸς ἐς σέ μοι ῥέπει στέργηθρον A. Ch. 240; τοὔργον εἰς ἐμὲ ῥέπον that this deed points to me, S. OT 847.

6 fall, happen, turn, come, comes

of events, fall, happen, in a certain way, φιλεῖ τοῦτο μὴ ταύτῃ ῥέπειν Id. Ant. 722; τῇδε or ἐκείνῃ ῥ. Pl. Lg. 862c, Ti. 79e; ῥ. εἴς τι turn or come to something, συμφορὰν . . κακῶν ῥέπουσαν ἐς τὰ μάσσονα A. Pers. 440; τὸ μηδὲν εἰς οὐδὲν ῥ. naught comes to naught, E. Fr. 532; ὁ χρησμὸς ἐς τοῦτο ῥ. Ar. Pl. 51; ὁ γρῖφος ἐνταῦθα ῥ. Antiph. 124.11.

II cause, to incline, being, balanced

trans., cause the scale to incline one way or the other, only in compds. ἐπιρρέπω, καταρρέπω, exc. that A. uses the Pass., τῶνδʼ ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων being equally balanced, Supp. 405 (lyr.):—in B. 16.25, ὅ τι μὲν ἐκ θεῶν μοῖρα παγκρατὴς ἄμμι κατένευσε καὶ Δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον, ῥ. is prob. intrans. (sc. ἐπʼ αὐτό). (Perh. cogn. with Lith. virpti ‘quiver’.)

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Where it came from

  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥέπω (scan pp. 1621-1622; entry #4966).

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