2. more generally, of things,incline one way or the other,ὅ τι πολλᾷ ῥέποιwhatis always shifling, never steady, Pi. O. 8.23 ;βλεμμάτων ῥέπει βολή inclines downward, falls, of a young girl's eye, A. Fr. 242 ;ὕπνος ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ῥέπωνsleepfallingupon the eyes, Pi. P. 9.25 ;ἐς τὸ λορδόν, κυφόν, Hp. Art. 48 ; ῥ. πρὸς τὴν γῆν
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3. of one of two contending parties,preponderate, prevail, ἐπὶ ὁκότερα [οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι] ἐτράποντο, ταῦτα ῥέψειν ἔμελλε
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;μοι σκοπουμένῳ ἔρρεψε δεῖνon consideration [the opinion] that it was necessaryprevailed, Pl. Ep. 328b ; ἠθῶν . ., ἃ ἂν ὥσπερ ῥέψαντα τἄλλα ἐφελκύσηται
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4. of persons,εὖ ῥέπει θεός isfavourablyinclined, A. Th. 21 ;ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνέςthe doctor shouldincline towards(prefer) pronation, Hp. Fract. 1 (unless in signf. 2 , the subject beingτὴν χεῖρα) ; ῥ. ἐπὶ τὸ πείθεσθαι
II. trans.,causethe scaleto inclineone way or the other, only in compds.ἐπιρρέπω, καταρρέπω, exc. that A. uses the Pass. ,τῶνδ' ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων beingequallybalanced, Supp.
405 (lyr.):—in B. 16.25 ,ὅ τι μὲν ἐκ θεῶν μοῖρα παγκρατὴς ἄμμι κατένευσε καὶ Δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον, ῥ. is prob. intrans. (sc.ἐπ' αὐτό). (Perh. cogn. with Lith.virpti'quiver'.)