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