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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

μέγασ γὰρ ἁγών, καὶ βλέπω δύο ῥοπάσ· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 18:19)
ἁ δ’ ἔχεται ῥοπᾶσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:10)
καὶ γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαν καὶ ὀργὴν καὶ φόβον καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντα δόξασ εἶναι καὶ κρίσεισ πονηράσ, οὐ περὶ ἕν τι γινομένασ τῆσ ψυχῆσ μέροσ, ἀλλ’ ὅλου τοῦ ἡγεμονικοῦ ῥοπὰσ καὶ εἴξεισ καὶ συγκαταθέσεισ καὶ ὁρμάσ, καὶ ὅλωσ ἐνεργείασ τινὰσ οὔσασ ἐν ὀλίγῳ μεταπτωτάσ, ὥσπερ αἱ τῶν παίδων ἐπιδρομαὶ τὸ ῥαγδαῖον καὶ τὸ σφοδρὸν ἐπισφαλὲσ ὑπ’ ἀσθενείασ καὶ ἀβέβαιον ἔχουσι. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 7 4:1)
"τε σειόμενα, προσχωρεῖν ἀεὶ τὰ ὅμοια τοῖσ ὁμοίοισ, ἄλλην τε χώραν ἄλλα ἴσχειν πρὶν ἐξ αὐτῶν γενέσθαι τὸ πᾶν διακοσμηθέν οὕτωσ οὖν τῆσ ὕλησ ἐχούσησ ὡσ ἔχειν τὸ πᾶν εἰκόσ, οὗ θεὸσ ἄπεστιν, εὐθὺσ αἱ πρῶται πέντε ποιότητεσ ἰδίασ ἔχουσαι ῥοπὰσ ἐφέροντο χωρίσ, οὐ παντάπασιν οὐδ’ εἰλικρινῶσ ἀποκρινόμεναι, διὰ τὸ πάντων ἀναμεμιγμένων ἀεὶ τὰ κρατούμενα τοῖσ ἐπικρατοῦσι παρὰ φύσιν ἕπεσθαι. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 376)
"τὸν ἀστράγαλον καὶ τὸν ζυγὸν καὶ πολλὰ τῶν μὴ δυναμένων ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλασ λαμβάνειν πτώσεισ καὶ ῥοπὰσ ἄνευ τινὸσ αἰτίασ καὶ διαφορᾶσ ἢ περὶ αὐτὰ πάντωσ; (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 23 2:1)

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