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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

τὸ δ’ ἐμὸν ἦθοσ οἶσθα δήπουθεν ἡλίκαισ ῥοπαῖσ φέρεται πρὸσ εὔνοιαν ἀνθρώπων καὶ πίστιν· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 2:1)
τὸ δ’ ἐμὸν ἦθοσ οἶσθα δήπουθεν ἡλίκαισ ῥοπαῖσ φέρεται πρὸσ εὔνοιαν ἀνθρώπων καὶ πίστιν· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 1:1)
"οὐ γὰρ ἐν στρατοπέδῳ τακτικῶν ὄφελοσ, εἴπερ εἰδείη τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἕκαστοσ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν τε καὶ χώραν κατὰ καιρόν, οὗ δεῖ, λαβεῖν καὶ διαφυλάσσειν οὐδὲ κηπουρῶν οὐδ’ οἰκοδόμων , εἰ πῆ μὲν αὐτὸ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀφ’ αὑτοῦ πέφυκεν ἐπιέναι τοῖσ δεομένοισ καὶ κατάρδειν ἐπιρρέον, πῆ δὲ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθοι ταῖσ κατὰ φύσιν χρώμενα ῥοπαῖσ καὶ νεύσεσιν ἐξ ἑαυτῶν καταλαμβάνειν τὴν προσήκουσαν ἁρμονίαν καὶ χώραν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 132)
"ὡσ, εἴ γε πάντα δεῖ ταῖσ κατὰ φύσιν ῥοπαῖσ χρῆσθαι καὶ φέρεσθαι καθ’ ὃ πέφυκε, μήθ’ ἥλιοσ κυκλοφορείσθω μήτε φωσφόροσ; (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 135)
"οὕτωσ οὐ ταῖσ ῥοπαῖσ σεσήκωται κατὰ βάροσ καὶ κουφότητα τῶν σωμάτων ἕκαστον, ἀλλ’ ἑτέρῳ λόγῳ κεκόσμηται. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 1513)

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