ἐπιρρέπω: Difference between revisions
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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
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English (LSJ)
A lean towards, ὄφρα . . ἡμῖν δ' αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος ἐπιρρέπῃ, metaph. from the balance, Il.14.99: hence, generally, fall to one's lot, [ὑμέναιος] ἐ. γαμβροῖσιν ἀείδειν A.Ag.707 (lyr.): abs., ib.1042. 2. metaph., incline, πρὸς ἔλεον Ph.2.582. II. trans., ἐ. τάλαντον force down one scale, Thgn.157. 2. weigh out to one, allot, esp. of ill fortune, ἐ. μῆνιν πόλει A.Eu.888; Δίκα τοῖς παθοῦσι μαθεῖν ἐπιρρέπει Id.Ag.251 (lyr.).
