ῥέπω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Lithuanian virpti.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

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

References

  • 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
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