ῥοπή

See also: ροπή

Ancient Greek

From ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”) +‎ -η (-ē).

ῥοπή • (rhopḗ) f (genitive ῥοπῆς); first declension

inclination downwards
- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 437
1. (figuratively) the turn of the scale, critical moment
  - 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1235
downward momentum
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Mechanics 1,3

First declension of ἡ ῥοπή; τῆς ῥοπῆς (Attic)

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 têi rhopêi	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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.