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|Definition=ἡ, ([[ῥέπω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turn of the scale]], [[fall of the scalepan]], [[weight]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cael.</span>307b33</span>; <b class="b3">μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥοπὴν 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">ῥοπὴν 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 ῥοπᾶς</b> [[in equilibrium]], <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.97e</span>; <b class="b3">διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥοπήν</b> [[disturb]]ing the [[balance]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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 [[balancing]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>555</span> ( = <span class="title">Philol.</span>88.2); <b class="b3">ῥοπὴ βίου μοι</b> the [[turning point]] or [[sinking point]] 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> [[turn of the scale]], [[ποιεῖν ῥοπήν]] = [[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 ῥοπήν, 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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[weight]] placed in the [[scalepan]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>850a13</span>; esp. [[small additional weight]], [[makeweight]], [[casting weight]], IG22.1013.35, al.; ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Wi.</span>11.22</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ῥοπὴ 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"><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"><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"><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">ῥοπὴν 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"><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"><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.; perhaps [[illicit commission]], ''Cod. Just''.<span class="bibl">4.59.1.1</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[ῥοπή]], ἡ, [[ῥέπω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[inclination]] downwards, the sinking of the [[scale]], Aesch.; διαφέρειν τὴν ῥ. to [[disturb]] the [[balance]], Plut.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. the [[turn]] of the [[scale]], the [[critical]] [[moment]], Lat. [[momentum]], ἔχεται ῥοπᾶς (sc. ἡ πόλισ) is at a [[crisis]] of her fortunes, Alcae. ap. Ar.; ῥ. Δίκας the [[balance]] or [[critical]] [[turn]] of [[Justice]], Aesch.; σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ' εὐνάζει [[ῥοπή]] a [[slight]] [[turn]] of the [[scale]] lays [[aged]] bodies to [[rest]], Soph.; ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς [[dependent]] on a [[slight]] [[turn]] of the [[scale]], of one [[dying]], Eur.; ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς ὄντες depending on a [[single]] [[turn]] of the [[scale]], Thuc.; ῥ. βίου the [[turning]] [[point]] of [[life]], i. e. [[death]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph. [[influence]], Dem.