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ῥοπή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥοπή ῥοπῆς

Structure: ῥοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/pw

Sense

inclination downwards
(figuratively) the turn of the scale, critical moment

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥοπή	ῥοπᾱ́	ῥοπαί
Genitive	ῥοπῆς	ῥοπαῖν	ῥοπῶν
Dative	ῥοπῇ	ῥοπαῖν	ῥοπαῖς
Accusative	ῥοπήν	ῥοπᾱ́	ῥοπᾱ́ς
Vocative	ῥοπή	ῥοπᾱ́	ῥοπαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ἐλάχισται γὰρ Ῥοπαὶ κινήσεων τὴν ἐκκριτικὴν ταύτην οἰακίζουσι δύναμιν, ὡσ ἂν διὰ τῶν ἐγκαρσίων μὲν ἰνῶν γιγνομένην, ὠκύτατα δὲ διαδιδομένην ἀπὸ τῆσ κινησάσησ ἀρχῆσ ἐπὶ τὰ καταντικρὺ πέρατα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1343)
ἔνθα δὴ μάλιστα παρέστη νοεῖν, ὅτι καὶ πολέμων ῥοπαὶ καὶ βασιλέων κίνδυνοι μέλονται θεῷ· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 70:1)
οὔτε δὲ αἱ φυγαὶ τόπον εἶχον οὔτε αἱ διώξεισ, ἀλλ’ ἀγχώμαλοι ῥοπαὶ καὶ μετακλίσεισ μεμιγμένησ ἐγίνοντο τῆσ παρατάξεωσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 85:2)
ἐπειδὴ πολλάκισ μὲν αἱ πρὸσ τὸ χεῖρον τῶν πραγμάτων ῥοπαὶ καὶ περιστάσεισ ἀλλοιοῦσι τὰσ προαιρέσεισ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, πολλάκισ δ’ αἱ πρὸσ τὸ βέλτιον, ἔστι δ’ ὅτε κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν ἄνθρωποι ποτὲ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ δέον ὁρμῶσι, ποτὲ δ’ ἐπὶ τοὐναντίον. (Polybius, Histories, book 16, chapter 28 6:1)
ὀξύταται γὰρ περὶ τούτων εἰσ ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη γίνονται ῥοπαί· (Polybius, Histories, book 27, chapter 20 2:1)

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