ῥοπή

From ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”) +‎ -η (-ē).

ῥοπή • (rhopḗ) f (genitive ῥοπῆς); first declension

1. inclination downwards
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 437
   1. (figuratively) the turn of the scale, critical moment
      • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1235
2. downward momentum
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Mechanics 1,3

• (antonym(s) of “inclination downwards”): σοῦς (soûs)

• Greek: ροπή (ropí)
• → Old Armenian: րոպէ (ropē)

• “ῥοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • climax idem, page 137.
  • gravitation idem, page 371.
  • hinge idem, page 400.
  • importance idem, page 422.
  • impulsion idem, page 425.
  • inclination idem, page 428.
  • influence idem, page 439.
  • moment idem, page 538.
  • pivot idem, page 615.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • scale idem, page 736.
  • significance idem, page 775.
  • turn idem, page 901.
  • turning idem, page 902.
  • weight idem, page 972.