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  "headword": "ῥοπή",
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          "definition": "<i>turn of the scale, fall of the scale-pan, weight,</i> Arist. Cael. 307b33; μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥ. ἔχειν <i>gravitate</i> to . ., ib. 297a28; <i>downward momentum,</i> τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται Ph. Bel. 69.21; ῥ. ποιεῖν make (counter-) <i>weight,</i> Thphr. CP 5.4.7; ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ. <i>in equilibrium,</i> Ti.Locr. 97e; διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ. disturbing the <i>balance,</i> Plu. Cam. 28.",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Arist. Cael. 307b33;",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "297a28;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:297a.perseus-grc2.28"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347927",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται",
                "ref": "Ph. Bel. 69.21",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001.perseus-grc2:69.21"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347928",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Thphr. CP 5.4.7;",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347929",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Ti.Locr. 97e;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001.perseus-grc2:97e"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347930",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Plu. Cam. 28.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>balancing, suspense,</i> ἀ δʼ (sc. ἀ πόλις) ἔχεται ῤόπας Alc. 25; ῥ. Δίκας A. Ch. 61 (lyr.); ἐν οὖν ῥ. τοιᾷδε κειμένῳ S. Tr. 82; ποντοναῦται . . λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες staking distant ventures on nice <i>balancings,</i> Id. Fr. 555 ( = Philol. 88.2); ῥ. βίου μοι the <i>turning-point</i> or <i>sinking-point</i> of life, i.e. death, Id. OC 1508; ῥ. ʼστιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός Men. Mon. 465.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347931",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔχεται ῤόπας",
                        "ref": "Alc. 25",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001.perseus-grc2:25"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347932",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ῥ. Δίκας",
                        "ref": "A. Ch. 61",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:61"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347933",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐν οὖν ῥ. τοιᾷδε κειμένῳ",
                        "ref": "S. Tr. 82",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc2:82"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347934",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Fr. 555 (",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:555"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347935",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. OC 1508;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:1508"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347936",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ῥ. ʼστιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός",
                        "ref": "Men. Mon. 465",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047.perseus-grc2:465"
                      }
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                  ],
                  "children": [
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>turn of the scale,</i> ποιεῖν ῥ. <i>turn the scale,</i> Arist. Pol. 1295b38; τοῦ πολέμου Isoc. 12.50; πολλάκις μικραὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας τὰς ῥ. ἐποίησαν Id. 4.139; μεγάλην ἔσεσθαι τὴν ῥ., εἰ . . Id. 14.33; εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνοντα τὸν πόλεμον Plb. 1.20.7, cf. Trag.Adesp. 102: hence, <i>decision, outcome,</i> βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μʼ . . ἢ . . E. Hel. 1090; ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ ῥ. μιᾶς ὄντες at the mercy of a single <i>weighing in the scales,</i> Th. 5.103.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347937",
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                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1295b38;",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347938",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τοῦ πολέμου",
                            "ref": "Isoc. 12.50",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc2:50"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347939",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πολλάκις μικραὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας τὰς ῥ. ἐποίησαν",
                            "ref": "Id. 4.139",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc2:139"
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                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Id. 14.33;",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg012.perseus-grc2:33"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347941",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνοντα τὸν πόλεμον",
                            "ref": "Plb. 1.20.7",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347942",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μʼ . . ἢ . .",
                            "ref": "E. Hel. 1090",
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                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347943",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Th. 5.103.",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.103"
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            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>weight</i> placed in the scale-pan, Arist. Mech. 850a13; esp. <i>small additional weight, make-weight, casting weight,</i> IG 2(2).1013.35, al.; ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων LXX Wi. 11.22; ὡς ῥ. ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν ‘as <i>dust</i> in the balance’, ib. Is. 40.15; οὐδʼ ὅσον ῥ. Herod. 7.33.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347944",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Arist. Mech. 850a13; esp.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:850a.perseus-grc2.13"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347945",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων",
                    "ref": "LXX Wi. 11.22",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035.perseus-grc2:11.22"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347946",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Is. 40.15;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048.perseus-grc2:40.15"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347947",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Herod. 7.33.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.33"
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                }
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              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματʼ εὐνάζει ῥ. <i>casting weight,</i> S. OT 961; σῶμα νοσῶδες σμικρᾶς ῥ . . δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν Pl. R. 556e; δέδορκε φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥ. E. Hipp. 1163, cf. Plu. Art. 30.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347948",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "S. OT 961;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:961"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347949",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σῶμα νοσῶδες σμικρᾶς ῥ . . δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν",
                        "ref": "Pl. R. 556e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:556e"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347950",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "E. Hipp. 1163, cf.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1163"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347951",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Plu. Art. 30.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064.perseus-grc2:30"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας give the <i>casting weight</i> to . ., Plb. 16.14.6.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347952",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Plb. 16.14.6.",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:16.14.perseus-grc2.6"
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                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>weight, decisive influence,</i> ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ A. Pers. 437; μεγάλη γὰρ ῥ., μᾶλλον δὲ ὅλον, ἡ τύχη παρὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα D. 2.22; ῥ. ἔχειν have <i>influence,</i> Id. 11.8, cf. SIG 761.5 ( Delph., i B.C.); ἔχει τι βρῖθος καὶ ῥ. πρὸς τὸν βίον Arist. EN 1101a29, cf. 1094a23, 1172a23; πλείστην παρέχεται ῥ. εἰς τὸ νικᾶν Plb. 6.52.9.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ",
                            "ref": "A. Pers. 437",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:437"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347954",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "μεγάλη γὰρ ῥ., μᾶλλον δὲ ὅλον, ἡ τύχη παρὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα",
                            "ref": "D. 2.22",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22"
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                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347955",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "Id. 11.8, cf.",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc2:8"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347956",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἔχει τι βρῖθος καὶ ῥ. πρὸς τὸν βίον",
                            "ref": "Arist. EN 1101a29",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1101a.perseus-grc2.29"
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                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347957",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "1094a23,",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1094a.perseus-grc2.23"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347958",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "",
                            "ref": "1172a23;",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1172a.perseus-grc2.23"
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                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347959",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πλείστην παρέχεται ῥ. εἰς τὸ νικᾶν",
                            "ref": "Plb. 6.52.9",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:6.52.perseus-grc2.9"
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            },
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>decisive moment, crisis</i> ( i.e. <i>victory</i>), καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ . . ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ῥ. LXX Jo. 13.22: so generally, <i>moment,</i> πρὸς μίαν ῥ. . . διεφθάρη in one <i>moment,</i> ib. Wi. 18.12; ὑστάτην βίου ῥ. αὑτοῖς ἐκείνην δόξαντες εἶναι ib. 3 Ma. 5.49; ἐν ῥοπῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ AP 11.289 ( Pall.).",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347960",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "LXX Jo. 13.22: so generally,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg006.perseus-grc2:13.22"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347961",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Wi. 18.12;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035.perseus-grc2:18.12"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "3 Ma. 5.49;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg025.perseus-grc2:5.49"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347963",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐν ῥοπῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ",
                    "ref": "AP 11.289",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.289"
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                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>discount</i> deducted from a payment, PLond. 3.780.4 (vi A.D.), POxy. 143.3 (vi A.D.), etc.; perh. <i>illicit commission,</i> Cod. Just. 4.59.1.1.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "PLond. 3.780.4",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Lond.:3:780.perseus-grc2:4"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "POxy. 143.3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Oxy.:143.perseus-grc2.3"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-347966",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Cod. Just. 4.59.1.1.",
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