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|Definition=ἡ, (ῥέπω) <span class="sense"><p> <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> <b class="b2">gravitate</b> to... ib.<span class="bibl">297a28</span>; <b class="b2">downward momentum</b>, 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-)<b class="b2">weight</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.4.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">in equilibrium</b>, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.97e</span>; <b class="b3">διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ</b>. disturbing the <b class="b2">balance</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">balancing, suspense</b>, <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 <b class="b2">balancings</b>, <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"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">turn of the scale</b>, <b class="b3">ποιεῖν ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">turn the scale</b>, <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, <b class="b2">decision, outcome</b>, 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 <b class="b2">weighing in the scales</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.103</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">weight</b> 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 <b class="b2">dust</b> 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"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">casting weight</b>, <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"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας</b> give the <b class="b2">casting weight</b> to... <span class="bibl">Plb. 16.14.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">weight, decisive influence</b>, 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 <b class="b2">influence</b>, <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"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">decisive moment, crisis</b> (i.e. <b class="b2">victory</b>), <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, <b class="b2">moment</b>, <b class="b3">πρὸς μίαν ῥ. . . διεφθάρη</b> in one <b class="b2">moment</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">discount</b> 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> | |Definition=ἡ, (ῥέπω) <span class="sense"><p> <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> <b class="b2">gravitate</b> to... ib.<span class="bibl">297a28</span>; <b class="b2">downward momentum</b>, 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-)<b class="b2">weight</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.4.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">in equilibrium</b>, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.97e</span>; <b class="b3">διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ</b>. disturbing the <b class="b2">balance</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">balancing, suspense</b>, <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 <b class="b2">balancings</b>, <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"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">turn of the scale</b>, <b class="b3">ποιεῖν ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">turn the scale</b>, <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, <b class="b2">decision, outcome</b>, 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 <b class="b2">weighing in the scales</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.103</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">weight</b> 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 <b class="b2">dust</b> 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"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει ῥ</b>. <b class="b2">casting weight</b>, <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"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας</b> give the <b class="b2">casting weight</b> to... <span class="bibl">Plb. 16.14.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">weight, decisive influence</b>, 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 <b class="b2">influence</b>, <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"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">decisive moment, crisis</b> (i.e. <b class="b2">victory</b>), <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, <b class="b2">moment</b>, <b class="b3">πρὸς μίαν ῥ. . . διεφθάρη</b> in one <b class="b2">moment</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">discount</b> 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> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0849.png Seite 849]] ἡ, die Neigung, bes. die Senkung, Neigung der Wagschaale u. der dadurch bewirkte Ausschlag, wie Plut. Camill. 28; vgl. Inscr. bei Böckh's Staatshh. II p. 347; allmälige Bewegung nach unten, Senkung, Wucht, Schuß, ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ, Aesch. Pers. 429, übertr., der Ausschlag, die Entscheidung, ῥοπὴ δ' ἐπισκοπεῖ δίκαν, Ch. 59; σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει [[ῥοπή]], Soph. O. R. 961; ἐν ῥοπῇ τοιᾷδε κείμενος, Tr. 82, wo der Schol. erkl. ἐν κινδύνῳ καὶ ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς ἱστάμενος; ῥοπὴ βίου μοι, O. C. 1504, der Wendepunkt oder die Neige des Lebens, der Augenblick des Todes; ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς, Eur. Hipp. 1163; ἁ [[πόλις]] ἔχεται ῥοπᾶς, Ar. Vesp. 1235; ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς ὄντες, Thuc. 5, 103; ὥςπερ [[σῶμα]] νοσῶδες μακρᾶς ῥοπῆς [[ἔξωθεν]] δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν, Plat. Rep. VIII, 556 e; Folgde; μεγάλας τὰς ῥοπὰς ποιεῖν, Isocr. 4, 139; μεγάλη γὰρ [[ῥοπή]], [[μᾶλλον]] δὲ τὸ ὅλον ἡ [[τύχη]] παρὰ πάντ' ἐστὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα, das Glück entscheidet Alles, Dem. 2, 22; ἐν προσθήκης μέρει ῥοπὴν ἔχει τινὰ καὶ χρῆσιν, 11, 8. öfter; τῇ τῶν γερόντων προσκλίσει καὶ ῥοπῇ, durch ihren Beitritt, der entscheidend war, Pol. 6, 10, 10; εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνει ὁ [[πόλεμος]], 1, 29, 7, das Kriegsglück neigt sich abwechselnd auf beide Seiten; τοῦτο πλείστην παρέχεται ῥοπὴν εἰς τὸ νικᾶν, 6, 52, 9; Plut. vrbdt ἦν ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης, Artax. 30, es bedurfte eines geringen Umstandes, um zu seinem Tode den Ausschlag zu geben; – ῥοπὴν καὶ δύναμιν ἔχειν πρὸς ἀρετήν τε καὶ εὐδαίμονα βίον, Arist. eth. 10, 1, Einfluß worauf haben. | |||
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ἡ, (ῥέπω)
A turn of the scale, fall of the scale-pan, weight, Arist. Cael.307b33; μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥ. ἔχειν gravitate to... ib.297a28; downward momentum, τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται Ph. Bel.69.21; ῥ. ποιεῖν make (counter-)weight, Thphr.CP5.4.7; ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ. in equilibrium, Ti.Locr.97e; διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ. disturbing the balance, Plu.Cam.28. 2 metaph., balancing, suspense, ἀ δ' (sc. ἀ πόλις) ἔχεται ῤόπας Alc.25; ῥ. Δίκας A.Ch.61 (lyr.); ἐν οὖν ῥ. τοιᾷδε κειμένῳ S.Tr.82; ποντοναῦται . . λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες staking distant ventures on nice balancings, Id.Fr.555 ( = Philol.88.2); ῥ. βίου μοι the turning-point or sinking-point of life, i.e. death, Id.OC1508; ῥ. 'στιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός Men.Mon.465. b turn of the scale, ποιεῖν ῥ. turn the scale, Arist.Pol.1295b38; τοῦ πολέμου Isoc.12.50; πολλάκις μικραὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας τὰς ῥ. ἐποίησαν Id.4.139; μεγάλην ἔσεσθαι τὴν ῥ., εἰ . . Id.14.33; εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνοντα τὸν πόλεμον Plb.1.20.7, cf. Trag.Adesp.102: hence, decision, outcome, βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μ' . . ἢ . . E.Hel.1090; ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ ῥ. μιᾶς ὄντες at the mercy of a single weighing in the scales, Th.5.103. II weight placed in the scale-pan, Arist.Mech.850a13; esp. small additional weight, make-weight, casting weight, IG22.1013.35, al.; ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων LXX Wi.11.22; ὡς ῥ. ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν 'as dust in the balance', ib.Is.40.15; οὐδ' ὅσον ῥ. Herod.7.33. 2 metaph., σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει ῥ. casting weight, S.OT961; σῶμα νοσῶδες σμικρᾶς ῥ . . δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν Pl.R.556e; δέδορκε φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥ. E.Hipp.1163, cf. Plu.Art.30. b δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας give the casting weight to... Plb. 16.14.6. c weight, decisive influence, ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ A.Pers.437; μεγάλη γὰρ ῥ., μᾶλλον δὲ ὅλον, ἡ τύχη παρὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα D.2.22; ῥ. ἔχειν have influence, Id.11.8, cf. SIG761.5 (Delph., i B.C.); ἔχει τι βρῖθος καὶ ῥ. πρὸς τὸν βίον Arist.EN1101a29, cf. 1094a23, 1172a23; πλείστην παρέχεται ῥ. εἰς τὸ νικᾶν Plb.6.52.9. III decisive moment, crisis (i.e. victory), καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ . . ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ῥ. LXX Jo.13.22: so generally, moment, πρὸς μίαν ῥ. . . διεφθάρη in one moment, ib.Wi.18.12; ὑστάτην βίου ῥ. αὑτοῖς ἐκείνην δόξαντες εἶναι ib.3 Ma.5.49; ἐν ῥοπῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ AP11.289 (Pall.). IV discount deducted from a payment, PLond.3.780.4 (vi A.D.), POxy.143.3 (vi A.D.), etc.; perh. illicit commission, Cod. Just.4.59.1.1.
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[Seite 849] ἡ, die Neigung, bes. die Senkung, Neigung der Wagschaale u. der dadurch bewirkte Ausschlag, wie Plut. Camill. 28; vgl. Inscr. bei Böckh's Staatshh. II p. 347; allmälige Bewegung nach unten, Senkung, Wucht, Schuß, ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ, Aesch. Pers. 429, übertr., der Ausschlag, die Entscheidung, ῥοπὴ δ' ἐπισκοπεῖ δίκαν, Ch. 59; σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει ῥοπή, Soph. O. R. 961; ἐν ῥοπῇ τοιᾷδε κείμενος, Tr. 82, wo der Schol. erkl. ἐν κινδύνῳ καὶ ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς ἱστάμενος; ῥοπὴ βίου μοι, O. C. 1504, der Wendepunkt oder die Neige des Lebens, der Augenblick des Todes; ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς, Eur. Hipp. 1163; ἁ πόλις ἔχεται ῥοπᾶς, Ar. Vesp. 1235; ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς ὄντες, Thuc. 5, 103; ὥςπερ σῶμα νοσῶδες μακρᾶς ῥοπῆς ἔξωθεν δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν, Plat. Rep. VIII, 556 e; Folgde; μεγάλας τὰς ῥοπὰς ποιεῖν, Isocr. 4, 139; μεγάλη γὰρ ῥοπή, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸ ὅλον ἡ τύχη παρὰ πάντ' ἐστὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα, das Glück entscheidet Alles, Dem. 2, 22; ἐν προσθήκης μέρει ῥοπὴν ἔχει τινὰ καὶ χρῆσιν, 11, 8. öfter; τῇ τῶν γερόντων προσκλίσει καὶ ῥοπῇ, durch ihren Beitritt, der entscheidend war, Pol. 6, 10, 10; εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνει ὁ πόλεμος, 1, 29, 7, das Kriegsglück neigt sich abwechselnd auf beide Seiten; τοῦτο πλείστην παρέχεται ῥοπὴν εἰς τὸ νικᾶν, 6, 52, 9; Plut. vrbdt ἦν ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης, Artax. 30, es bedurfte eines geringen Umstandes, um zu seinem Tode den Ausschlag zu geben; – ῥοπὴν καὶ δύναμιν ἔχειν πρὸς ἀρετήν τε καὶ εὐδαίμονα βίον, Arist. eth. 10, 1, Einfluß worauf haben.
