ῥοπή
See also: ροπή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥o.pɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /roˈpe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /roˈpi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /roˈpi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /roˈpi/
Noun
ῥοπή • (rhopḗ) f (genitive ῥοπῆς); first declension
- inclination downwards
- (figuratively) the turn of the scale, critical moment
- downward momentum
Declension
| 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 tēî rhopēî |
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 | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “inclination downwards”): σοῦς (soûs)
Descendants
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.