ῥέψω

ῥέπω

turn the scale: aor subj act 1st sg

ῥέπω

turn the scale: fut ind act 1st sg

ῥέπω

turn the scale: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

ῥέπω

turn the scale: aor subj act 1st sg

ῥέπω

turn the scale: fut ind act 1st sg

ῥέπω

turn the scale: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

ῥέπ-ω, mostly used in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.: [tense] fut.

A

ῥέψω Hdt.7.139

, Paus.9.37.8: [tense] aor.

ἔρρεψα Hp. Art.38

,48, Pl.Phlb. 46e; poet.

ἔρεψα Cerc.4.32

:—turn the scale, sink, ἐτίταινε τάλαντα, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών, ῥέπε δ' αἴσιμον ἦμαρ Ἀχαιῶν, implying defeat and death, Il.8.72;

ῥέπε δ' Ἕκτορος αἴσιμον ἦμαρ 22.212

;

τὸ τοῦδέ γ' 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 more generally, of things, incline one way or the other, ὅ τι πολλᾷ ῥέποι what is always shifling, never steady, Pi.O.8.23; βλεμμάτων ῥέπει βολή inclines downward, falls, of a young girl's 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 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 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.24; so also

εἰς ἕν τι αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι σφόδρα ῥέπουσιν Pl.R. 485d

, cf. Phlb. 46e; ῥ. πρὸς [τὴν ἡδονήν] Arist.EN 1172a31;

ῥ. πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Id.Pol. 1293b20

.

5 ῥ. εἴς τινα fall to, be directed towards,

τὸ μητρὸς ἔς δέ μοι ῥέπει στέργηθρον A.Ch. 240

; τοὔργον εἰς ἐμὲ ῥέπον that this deed points to me, S.OT 847.

6 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 trans., cause the scale to incline one way or the other, only in compds. ἐπιρρέπω, καταρρέπω, exc. that A. uses the [voice] Pass., τῶνδ' 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. ἐπ' αὐτό). (Perh. cogn. with Lith. virpti 'quiver'.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to decline, to descend', esp. of the balance (scales), `to sway down, to turn out, to gain the upper hand', w. prefix also trans. `to lower, to let tilt' (Il.).

Other forms: Rare fut. ῥέψω and aor. ῥέψαι (IA.).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. ἐπι-, ἀντι-, κατα-.

Derivatives: 1. ῥοπή f. `lowering, tilting (of the scales), swing' (Alc., IA.), to which a.o. ἀντί-ρροπος `equipoising, counterweighing', also connected with ῥέπω (Att.), with ἀντιρροπ-ίη (v. l. -ή) f. `counterweight' (Hp.). 2. περί-ρρεψις f. `tilting' (Hp.). 3. ῥόπαλον n. `bludgeon, mace' (Il.) [but Chantraine, Form. 246 calls connection with ῥέπω doubtful; I think that the word is rather Pre-Greek]with ῥοπάλ-ιον n. (hell. inscr. a. pap.), - ωτός `equipped with a club-like rounding' (D. C.), - ώδης `(pulsing) like a club', of the pulse, - ωσις f. des. of a hairdisease (medic.), - ικός `club-like', as des. of a verse (gramm.), - ίζει στρέφει, κινεῖ ὡς ῥόπαλον H. with - ισμοί pl. (Ar. Lys.); on the meaning of ῥόπαλον cf. below. 4. ῥόπτρον n. `the wood in a trap, knocker, ring at the door, tamboutine' (Archil., Att.); with dissim. ῥόπτον meaning unclear (Epid. IV<sup>a</sup>), - τίον κλειδίον H. 5. περι-, ἐπι-, κατα-ρρεπής `tilting etc.' (IA.), ἑτερο-ρρεπής prop. "tilting to (one or) the other side", `indecisive, unbiased' (A. in lyr., Hp.). 6. ῥεπτικός `tilting' ( Stoik.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Beside the full grade root-present ῥέπω one assumes as zero grade ῥάπτω, ῥαπίζω (IE *u̯rep-: u̯r̥p-?), also with lengthened grade ῥώψ, but see s.v. As the main semantic denominator one posits `turn (together), wind, bend', but it is impossible to indicate in every case the connections. For ῥέπω one would like to assume a meaning `bow (away) from the straight position, divert', first of the scales. A basic meaning `turn', from where `throw' (cf. Lat. torqueō `turn, throw') one wanted to find in ῥόπαλον, ῥόπτρον (cf. WP. 1, 276 with Curtius a.o.); for the in that case to be assumed meaning `throwing stick' (cf. καλαῦροψ) there is however not the slightest indication. A direct connection with ῥαπίζω, ῥαπίς (prop. `rod, staff'; Persson Beitr. 1, 499) lies formally farther than direct connection with ῥέπω, ῥοπή. So ῥόπαλον prop. "the (for the blow) lowered, falling down (club)" like ῥόπτρον of the wood falling down ? Cf. ξύλον καθῆκε (E. HF 993) of the on the head of a boy downcoming club of Heracles. -- Cf. ῥέμβομαι w. references.

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