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ῥέπω
ῥέπω properly of the descending scale, to incline downwards, to sink, fall, Lat. vergere, inclinare, Il., Ar.:—of things, to incline one way or the other, to be always shifting, Pind.; ὕπνος ἐπὶ βλεφάροις ῥέπων sleep falling upon the eyes, Pind. of one of two contending parties, to preponderate, prevail, Hdt., Plat. of persons, εὖ ῥέπει θεός is favourably inclined, Aesch.; ῥέπειν ἐπί τι to incline towards a thing, Dem.; εἴς or πρός τι Plat., Arist.; εἴς τινα Luc. of duties, ῥ. εἴς τινα to fall or devolve upon one, Aesch., Soph. of events, to fall, happen in a certain way, Soph.; ῥ. εἴς τι to turn or come to something, Aesch., Ar.

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to incline downwards, to sink, fall

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ῥέπω
Headword (normalized):
ῥέπω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ρεπω
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ῥέπω properly of the descending scale, to incline downwards, to sink, fall, Lat. vergere, inclinare, Il., Ar.:—of things, to incline one way or the other, to be always shifting, Pind.; ὕπνος ἐπὶ βλεφάροις ῥέπων sleep falling upon the eyes, Pind. of one of two contending parties, to preponderate, prevail, Hdt., Plat. of persons, εὖ ῥέπει θεός is favourably inclined, Aesch.; ῥέπειν ἐπί τι to incline towards a thing, Dem.; εἴς or πρός τι Plat., Arist.; εἴς τινα Luc. of duties, ῥ. εἴς τινα to fall or devolve upon one, Aesch., Soph. of events, to fall, happen in a certain way, Soph.; ῥ. εἴς τι to turn or come to something, Aesch., Ar.
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29024
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29058
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r(e/pw

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