ῥοπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (ῥέπω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">turn of the scale, fall of the scale-pan, weight</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cael.</span>307b33</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥ. ἔχειν</b> [[gravitate]] to... ib.<span class="bibl">297a28</span>; [[downward momentum]], τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται <span class="bibl">Ph. <span class="title">Bel.</span>69.21</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. ποιεῖν</b> make (counter-)[[weight]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.4.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ</b>. [[in equilibrium]], <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.97e</span>; <b class="b3">διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ</b>. disturbing the [[balance]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[balancing]], [[suspense]], <b class="b3">ἀ δ'</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἀ πόλις</b>) ἔχεται ῤόπας <span class="bibl">Alc.25</span>; ῥ. Δίκας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>61</span> (lyr.); ἐν οὖν ῥ. τοιᾷδε κειμένῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>82</span>; <b class="b3">ποντοναῦται . . λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες</b> staking distant ventures on nice [[balancings]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>555</span> ( = <span class="title">Philol.</span>88.2); <b class="b3">ῥ. βίου μοι</b> the <b class="b2">turning-point</b> or <b class="b2">sinking-point</b> of life, i.e. death, Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1508; ῥ. 'στιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>465</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[turn of the scale]], <b class="b3">ποιεῖν ῥ</b>. [[turn the scale]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1295b38</span>; τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.50</span>; πολλάκις μικραὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας τὰς ῥ. ἐποίησαν <span class="bibl">Id.4.139</span>; <b class="b3">μεγάλην ἔσεσθαι τὴν ῥ., εἰ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Id.14.33</span>; εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνοντα τὸν πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Plb.1.20.7</span>, cf. <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>102: hence, [[decision]], [[outcome]], βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μ' . . ἢ . . <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1090</span>; <b class="b3">ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ ῥ. μιᾶς ὄντες</b> at the mercy of a single [[weighing in the scales]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.103</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[weight]] placed in the scale-pan, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>850a13</span>; esp. <b class="b2">small additional weight, make-weight, casting weight</b>, IG22.1013.35, al.; ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>11.22</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ῥ. ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν</b> 'as [[dust]] in the balance', ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Is.</span>40.15</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ὅσον ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Herod.7.33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει ῥ</b>. [[casting weight]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>961</span>; σῶμα νοσῶδες σμικρᾶς ῥ . . δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>556e</span>; <b class="b3">δέδορκε φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1163</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας</b> give the [[casting weight]] to... <span class="bibl">Plb. 16.14.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[weight]], [[decisive influence]], ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>437</span>; μεγάλη γὰρ ῥ., μᾶλλον δὲ ὅλον, ἡ τύχη παρὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα <span class="bibl">D.2.22</span>; <b class="b3">ῥ. ἔχειν</b> have [[influence]], <span class="bibl">Id.11.8</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>761.5 (Delph., i B.C.); ἔχει τι βρῖθος καὶ ῥ. πρὸς τὸν βίον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1101a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1094a23</span>, <span class="bibl">1172a23</span>; πλείστην παρέχεται ῥ. εἰς τὸ νικᾶν <span class="bibl">Plb.6.52.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[decisive moment]], [[crisis]] (i.e. [[victory]]), <b class="b3">καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ . . ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jo.</span>13.22</span>: so generally, [[moment]], <b class="b3">πρὸς μίαν ῥ. . . διεφθάρη</b> in one [[moment]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Wi.</span>18.12</span>; <b class="b3">ὑστάτην βίου ῥ. αὑτοῖς ἐκείνην δόξαντες εἶναι</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">3 Ma.</span>5.49</span>; ἐν ῥοπῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ <span class="title">AP</span>11.289 (Pall.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[discount]] deducted from a payment, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.780.4</span> (vi A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>143.3</span> (vi A.D.), etc.; perh. <b class="b2">illicit commission, Cod. Just</b>.<span class="bibl">4.59.1.1</span>.</span>