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ῥοπή
ῥοπ-ή, ,(ῥέπω)
A). turn of the scale, fall of the scale-pan, weight, Arist. Cael. 307b33 ; μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥ. ἔχειν gravitate to .., ib. 297a28 ; downward momentum, τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται Ph. Bel. 69.21 ; ῥ. ποιεῖν make (counter-)weight, Thphr. CP 5.4.7 ; ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ. in equilibrium, Ti.Locr. 97e ; διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ. disturbing the balance, Plu. Cam. 28 .
2). metaph., balancing, suspense, ἀ δ’ (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 balancings, Id. Fr. 555 ( = Philol. 88.2 ); ῥ. βίου μοι the turning-point or sinking-point of life, i.e. death, Id. OC 1508 ; ῥ. ’στιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός Men. Mon. 465 .
b). turn of the scale, ποιεῖν ῥ. turn the scale, 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, decision, outcome, βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μ’. . ἢ .. E. Hel. 1090 ; ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ ῥ. μιᾶς ὄντες at the mercy of a single weighing in the scales, Th. 5.103 .
II). weight placed in the scale-pan, Arist. Mech. 850a13 ; esp. small additional weight, make-weight, casting weight, IG 22.1013.35 , al.; ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων LXX Wi. 11.22 ; ὡς ῥ. ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν 'as dust in the balance', ib. Is. 40.15 ; οὐδ’ ὅσον ῥ. Herod. 7.33 .
2). metaph., σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ’ εὐνάζει ῥ. casting weight, 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 .
b). δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας give the casting weight to .., Plb. 16.14.6 .
c). weight, decisive influence, 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 influence, 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 .
III). decisive moment, crisis (i.e. victory), καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ .. ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ῥ. LXX Jo. 13.22 : so generally, moment, πρὸς μίαν ῥ.. . διεφθάρη in one moment, ib. Wi. 18.12 ; ὑστάτην βίου ῥ. αὑτοῖς ἐκείνην δόξαντες εἶναι ib. 3 Ma. 5.49 ; ἐν ῥοπῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ AP 11.289 ( Pall.).
IV). discount deducted from a payment, PLond. 3.780.4 (vi A.D.), POxy. 143.3 (vi A.D.), etc.; perh. illicit commission, Cod. Just. 4.59.1.1 .


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inclination downwards, the sinking of the scale

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ῥοπή
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ῥοπή
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ῥοπ-ή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ῥέπω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turn of the scale, fall of the scale-pan, weight</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:307b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:307b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cael.</span> 307b33 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέχρι τοῦ μέσου τὴν ῥ. ἔχειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gravitate</span> to .., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:297a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg005:297a.28/canonical-url/"> 297a28 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">downward momentum</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῷ μείζονι βάρει καὶ ῥ. πλείων παρέπεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:69:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:69.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 69.21 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ῥ. ποιεῖν</span> make (counter-)<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weight</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:5:4:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:5:4:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 5.4.7 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in equilibrium</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:97e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:97e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ti.Locr.</span> 97e </a>; <span class="foreign greek">διαστρεφόντων τὴν ῥ</span>. disturbing the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">balance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cam.</span> 28 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">balancing, suspense</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ δ’</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἀ πόλις</span>) <span class="quote greek"> ἔχεται ῤόπας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ῥ. Δίκας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 61 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἐν οὖν ῥ. τοιᾷδε κειμένῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 82 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ποντοναῦται .. λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες</span> staking distant ventures on nice <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">balancings</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:555" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:555/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 555 </a> ( = <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Philol.</span> 88.2 </span>); <span class="foreign greek">ῥ. βίου μοι</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turning-point</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sinking-point</span> of life, i.e. death, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1508 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ῥ. ’στιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047:465" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047:465/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mon.</span> 465 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turn of the scale</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ποιεῖν ῥ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turn the scale</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1295b38 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ πολέμου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.50 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολλάκις μικραὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας τὰς ῥ. ἐποίησαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.139 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλην ἔσεσθαι τὴν ῥ., εἰ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg012.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg012.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 14.33 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἰς ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ῥοπὰς λαμβάνοντα τὸν πόλεμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:20:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:20:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.20.7 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Trag.Adesp.</span> 102 </span>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decision, outcome</span>, <span class="quote greek">βλέπω δύο ῥ.· ἢ γὰρ θανεῖν δεῖ μ’. . ἢ .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1090" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1090/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1090 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ ῥ. μιᾶς ὄντες</span> at the mercy of a single <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weighing in the scales</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.103 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weight</span> placed in the scale-pan, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:850a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:850a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mech.</span> 850a13 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">small additional weight, make-weight, casting weight,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 22.1013.35 </span>, al.; <span class="quote greek">ὡς ῥ. ἐκ πλαστίγγων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035:11:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035:11.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Wi.</span> 11.22 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὡς ῥ. ζυγοῦ ἐλογίσθησαν</span> \'as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dust</span> in the balance\', ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:40:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:40.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 40.15 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδ’ ὅσον ῥ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:7:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:7.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 7.33 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ’ εὐνάζει ῥ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">casting weight</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:961" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:961/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 961 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σῶμα νοσῶδες σμικρᾶς ῥ .. δεῖται προσλαβέσθαι πρὸς τὸ κάμνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:556e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:556e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 556e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δέδορκε φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1163 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δεῖ ῥ. διδόναι ταῖς αὑτῶν πατρίσι τοὺς συγγραφέας</span> give the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">casting weight</span> to .., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:14:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:14:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 16.14.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weight, decisive influence</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὡς τοῖσδε καὶ δὶς ἀντισηκῶσαι ῥοπῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:437" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:437/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 437 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μεγάλη γὰρ ῥ., μᾶλλον δὲ ὅλον, ἡ τύχη παρὰ πάντα τὰ πράγματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.22 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ῥ. ἔχειν</span> have <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">influence</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 11.8 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 761.5 </span> (Delph., i B.C.); <span class="quote greek">ἔχει τι βρῖθος καὶ ῥ. πρὸς τὸν βίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1101a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1101a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1101a29 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1094a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1094a.23/canonical-url/"> 1094a23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1172a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1172a.23/canonical-url/"> 1172a23 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλείστην παρέχεται ῥ. εἰς τὸ νικᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:52:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:52:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 6.52.9 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decisive moment, crisis</span> (i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">victory</span>), <span class="foreign greek">καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ .. ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ῥ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg006:13:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg006:13.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jo.</span> 13.22 </a>: so generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moment</span>, <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς μίαν ῥ.. . διεφθάρη</span> in one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moment</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035:18:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035:18.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Wi.</span> 18.12 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὑστάτην βίου ῥ. αὑτοῖς ἐκείνην δόξαντες εἶναι</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg025:5:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg025:5.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">3 Ma.</span> 5.49 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ῥοπῆς καιρῷ βραχεῖ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.289 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pall.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discount</span> deducted from a payment, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 3.780.4 </span> (vi A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 143.3 </span> (vi A.D.), etc.; perh. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">illicit commission, Cod. Just.</span> <span class="bibl"> 4.59.1.1 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}