ῥοπή

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τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant

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Transliteration A: rhopḗ Transliteration B: rhopē Transliteration C: ropi Beta Code: r(oph/

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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.