ῥέπω

ῥέπ-ω, mostly used in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.: [tense] fut.

A

ῥέψω Hdt.7.139

, Paus.9.37.8: [tense] aor.

ἔρρεψα Hp. Art.38

,48, Pl.Phlb.46e; poet.

ἔρεψα Cerc.4.32

:—turn the scale, sink, ἐτίταινε τάλαντα, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών, ῥέπε δ' αἴσιμον ἦμαρ Ἀχαιῶν, implying defeat and death, Il.8.72;

ῥέπε δ' Ἕκτορος αἴσιμον ἦμαρ 22.212

;

τὸ τοῦδέ γ' αὖ ῥέπει Ar.Ra.1393

;

τοῦ ταλάντου τὸ ῥέπον κάτω βαδίζει τὸ δὲ κενὸν πρὸς τὸν Δία Id.Fr.488.4

, cf. Cerc. l.c.;

τὸ μὲν κάτω ῥέπον . ., βαρύ· τὸ δὲ ἄνω, κοῦφον Pl.Just.373e

; ἀεὶ τοὐναντίον ῥ. Id.R.550e, cf. Archim.Aequil.1 Praef.

2 more generally, of things, incline one way or the other, ὅ τι πολλᾷ ῥέποι what is always shifling, never steady, Pi.O.8.23; βλεμμάτων ῥέπει βολή inclines downward, falls, of a young girl's eye, A.Fr.242; ὕπνος ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ῥέπων sleep falling upon the eyes, Pi.P.9.25; ἐς τὸ λορδόν, κυφόν, Hp.Art.48;

ῥ. πρὸς τὴν γῆν Arist.PA686a32

, etc.

3 of one of two contending parties, preponderate, prevail,

ἐπὶ ὁκότερα [οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι] ἐτράποντο, ταῦτα ῥέψειν ἔμελλε Hdt.7.139

; μοι σκοπουμένῳ ἔρρεψε δεῖν on consideration [the opinion] that it was necessary prevailed, Pl.Ep.328b;

ἠθῶν . ., ἃ ἂν ὥσπερ ῥέψαντα τἄλλα ἐφελκύσηται Id.R.544e

.

4 of persons, εὖ ῥέπει θεός is favourably inclined, A.Th.21; ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνές the doctor should incline towards (prefer) pronation, Hp.Fract.1 (unless in signf. 2, the subject being τὴν χεῖρα)

; ῥ. ἐπὶ τὸ πείθεσθαι Isoc.15.4

;

ἐπὶ τὸ λῆμμα D.18.298

;

πρὸς τὴν ἀνδρείαν Pl.Plt.308a

, cf. Lg.802e; also

ῥ. ταῖς γνώμαις ἐπὶ τοὺς Ῥοδίους Plb.33.16.2

;

εἴς τινα Luc.

Bis Acc.6; but νομίζων τούτους πλεῖστον ῥέπειν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πόλει avail most, have the greatest influence, X.Lac.4.1, cf. Isyll.24; so also

εἰς ἕν τι αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι σφόδρα ῥέπουσιν Pl.R.485d

, cf. Phlb.46e; ῥ. πρὸς [τὴν ἡδονήν] Arist.EN1172a31;

ῥ. πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Id.Pol.1293b20

.

5 ῥ. εἴς τινα fall to, be directed towards,

τὸ μητρὸς ἔς δέ μοι ῥέπει στέργηθρον A.Ch.240

; τοὔργον εἰς ἐμὲ ῥέπον that this deed points to me, S.OT 847.

6 of events, fall, happen, in a certain way,

φιλεῖ τοῦτο μὴ ταύτῃ ῥέπειν Id.Ant.722

; τῇδε or ἐκείνῃ ῥ. Pl.Lg.862c, Ti.79e; ῥ. εἴς τι turn or come to something,

συμφορὰν . . κακῶν ῥέπουσαν ἐς τὰ μάσσονα A.Pers.440

; τὸ μηδὲν εἰς οὐδὲν ῥ. naught comes to naught, E.Fr. 532; ὁ χρησμὸς ἐς τοῦτο ῥ. Ar.Pl.51; ὁ γρῖφος ἐνταῦθα ῥ. Antiph.124.11.

II trans., cause the scale to incline one way or the other, only in compds. ἐπιρρέπω, καταρρέπω, exc. that A. uses the [voice] Pass., τῶνδ' ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων being equally balanced, Supp.405 (lyr.):—in B.16.25, ὅ τι μὲν ἐκ θεῶν μοῖρα παγκρατὴς ἄμμι κατένευσε καὶ Δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον, ῥ. is prob. intrans. (sc. ἐπ' αὐτό). (Perh. cogn. with Lith. virpti 'quiver'.)