See also: ρέπω

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (to bend, turn), and traditionally compared with English wrap, but this is phonetically impossible. Connections to ῥᾰ́πτω (rháptō, to sew) (with a supposed common denominator meaning of "to twist together") are not certain.[1] Lithuanian ver̃pti (to spin), another traditional comparandum, is likely not cognate; see ῥᾰ́πτω (rháptō) for discussion.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ῥέπω (rhépō)

  1. (intransitive)
    1. (of things) to incline one way or the other
    2. (of contending parties) to preponderate, prevail
    3. (of persons) to be inclined
    4. (of duties, feelings) to fall upon, to devolve upon
    5. (of events) to fall, happen in a certain way
  2. (transitive) to make the scale incline one way or the other

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ρέπω (répo)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥέπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1280-1

Further reading

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  • ῥέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ῥέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ῥέπω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ῥέπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ῥέπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ῥέπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter