ῥοπή

See also: ροπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥o.pɛ̌ː/ → /roˈpi/ → /roˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈpi/

Noun

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

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῥοπή; τῆς ῥοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥοπή hē rhopḗ	τὼ ῥοπᾱ́ tṑ rhopā́	αἱ ῥοπαί hai rhopaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥοπῆς tês rhopês	τοῖν ῥοπαῖν toîn rhopaîn	τῶν ῥοπῶν tôn rhopôn
Dative	τῇ ῥοπῇ têi rhopêi	τοῖν ῥοπαῖν toîn rhopaîn	ταῖς ῥοπαῖς taîs rhopaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥοπήν tḕn rhopḗn	τὼ ῥοπᾱ́ tṑ rhopā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥοπᾱ́ς tā̀s rhopā́s
Vocative	ῥοπή rhopḗ	ῥοπᾱ́ rhopā́	ῥοπαί rhopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “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^[1], 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.