4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἔρεψα:
ἐρέφω (cover with a roof): aor ind act 1st sg (epic ionic)
ἐρέπτομαι (feed on): aor ind act 1st sg (homeric ionic)
ῥέπω (turn the scale, sink): aor ind act 1st sg
LSJ entries
ἐρέφω
ἐρέφω
,
impf.
ἤρεφον
Ar. Fr. 73
,
poet.
ἔρ
-
Pi. O. 1.68
,
also
ἐρέπτω
(q.v.)
:
fut.
ἐρέψω
Ar. Av. 1110
:
aor.
1
ἤρεψα
D. 19.265
(nowhere
else
in
Att.
Prose),
Ep.
and
Lyr.
ἔρεψα
Hom.
,
Pi. O. 13.32
:—
Med.
,
fut.
ἐρέψομαι
E. Ba. 323
:
aor.
1
ἠρεψάμην
A.R. 2.159
,
etc.,
(
κατ
-)
Ar. V. 1294
:—
Pass.
,
Corn. ND 17
:
pf.
ἤρεπται
Philostr. VA 1.25
:
(cf.
ὄροφος,
ἐρέπτω
):—
Α.
cover
with
a
roof,
καθύπερθεν
ἔρεψαν..ὄροφον
λειμωνόθεν
ἀμήσαντες,
i.e.
they
thatched
[the
hut]
with
reeds
Il. 24.450
,
cf.
Od. 23.193
;
τὰς..οἰκίας
ἐρέψομεν
πρὸς
αἰετόν
Ar. Av. 1110
,
cf.
Fr. 73
;
ἤρεψε
τὴν
οἰκίαν
ξύλοις
D.l.c.:—
Pass.
,
τὰ
βασίλεια
χαλκῷ
ἤρεπται
Philostr.l.c.
2.
cover
with
a
crown,
crown,
δύο
δʼ
αὐτὸν
ἔρεψαν
πλόκοι
σελίνων
Pi. O. 13.32
; [
κρατήρων
]
κρᾶτʼ
ἔρεψον
καὶ
λαβάς
S. OC 473
:—
Med.
,
crown
oneself,
κισσῷ
E. Ba. 323
;
στεφάνῳ
κόμαν
B. 8.24
;
δάφνῃ
μέτωπα
oneʼs
forehead,
A.R. 2.159
:—
Pass.
,
στεφάνοισι
χαίταν
ἐρεφθείς
B. 12.70
.
3.
wreathe
as
with
garlands,
ναὸν
κρανίοις
Pi. I. 4(3).54
:
generally,
cover,
λάχναι
νιν
μέλαν
γένειον
ἔρεφον
Id. O. 1.68
.
ἐρέπτομαι
ἐρέπτομαι
,
A.
feed
on,
c.
acc.,
only
in
pres.
part.
,
mostly
of
granivorous
animals,
λωτόν,
κρῖ
λευκόν,
πυρὸν
ἐρεπτόμενοι,
Il. 2.776
,
5.196
,
Od. 19.553
,
al.;
of
men,
λωτὸν
ἐ.
9.97
,
AP 9.618
;
βότρυν
ib.7.20
;
of
fish,
δημὸν
ἐ.
feeding
on
the
fat
of
a
carcase,
Il. 21.204
.—
Ep.
Verb,
used
burlesquely
by
Ar. Eq. 1295
,
ἐρεπτόμενον
τὰ
τῶν
ἐχόντων
:—
Act.
,
ἐρέπτω
eat,
Nonn. D. 40.306
;
also
causal,=
τρέφω,
Hsch.
ῥέπω
ῥέπω
,
mostly
used
in
pres.
and
impf.
:
fut.
ῥέψω
Hdt. 7.139
,
Paus. 9.37.8
:
aor.
ἔρρεψα
Hp. Art. 38
,
48
,
Pl. Phlb. 46e
;
poet.
ἔρεψα
Cerc. 4.32
:—
A.
turn
the
scale,
sink
,
ἐτίταινε
τάλαντα,
ἕλκε
δὲ
μέσσα
λαβών,
ῥέπε
δʼ
αἴσιμον
ἦμαρ
Ἀχαιῶν
,
implying
defeat
and
death,
Il. 8.72
;
ῥέπε
δʼ
Ἕκτορος
αἴσιμον
ἦμαρ
22.212
;
τὸ
τοῦδέ
γʼ
αὖ
ῥέπει
Ar. Ra. 1393
;
τοῦ
ταλάντου
τὸ
ῥέπον
κάτω
βαδίζει
τὸ
δὲ
κενὸν
πρὸς
τὸν
Δία
Id. Fr. 488.4
,
cf.
Cerc.
l.c.;
τὸ
μὲν
κάτω
ῥέπον
.
.,
βαρύ·
τὸ
δὲ
ἄνω,
κοῦφον
Pl. Just. 373e
;
ἀεὶ
τοὐναντίον
ῥ
.
Id. R. 550e
,
cf.
Archim. Aequil. 1
Praef.
2.
more
generally,
of
things,
incline
one
way
or
the
other
,
ὅ
τι
πολλᾷ
ῥέποι
what
is
always
shifling,
never
steady
,
Pi. O. 8.23
;
βλεμμάτων
ῥέπει
βολή
inclines
downward,
falls
,
of
a
young
girlʼs
eye,
A. Fr. 242
;
ὕπνος
ἐπὶ
γλεφάροις
ῥέπων
sleep
falling
upon
the
eyes,
Pi. P. 9.25
;
ἐς
τὸ
λορδόν,
κυφόν
,
Hp. Art. 48
;
ῥ.
πρὸς
τὴν
γῆν
Arist. PA 686a32
,
etc.
3.
of
one
of
two
contending
parties,
preponderate,
prevail
,
ἐπὶ
ὁκότερα
[οἱ
Ἀθηναῖοι]
ἐτράποντο,
ταῦτα
ῥέψειν
ἔμελλε
Hdt. 7.139
;
μοι
σκοπουμένῳ
ἔρρεψε
δεῖν
on
consideration
[the
opinion]
that
it
was
necessary
prevailed
,
Pl. Ep. 328b
;
ἠθῶν
.
.,
ἃ
ἂν
ὥσπερ
ῥέψαντα
τἄλλα
ἐφελκύσηται
Id. R. 544e
.
4.
of
persons,
εὖ
ῥέπει
θεός
is
favourably
inclined
,
A. Th. 21
;
ἐπὶ
τὸ
πρηνές
the
doctor
should
incline
towards
(
prefer
)
pronation,
Hp. Fract. 1
(unless
in
signf.
2,
the
subject
being
τὴν
χεῖρα
)
;
ῥ.
ἐπὶ
τὸ
πείθεσθαι
Isoc. 15.4
;
ἐπὶ
τὸ
λῆμμα
D. 18.298
;
πρὸς
τὴν
ἀνδρείαν
Pl. Plt. 308a
,
cf.
Lg. 802e
;
also
ῥ.
ταῖς
γνώμαις
ἐπὶ
τοὺς
Ῥοδίους
Plb. 33.16.2
;
εἴς
τινα
Luc.
Bis
Acc.
6;
but
νομίζων
τούτους
πλεῖστον
ῥέπειν
ἐπὶ
τὸ
ἀγαθὸν
τῇ
πόλει
avail
most,
have
the
greatest
influence
,
X. Lac. 4.1
,
cf.
Isyll. 24
;
so
also
εἰς
ἕν
τι
αἱ
ἐπιθυμίαι
σφόδρα
ῥέπουσιν
Pl. R. 485d
,
cf.
Phlb. 46e
;
ῥ.
πρὸς
[τὴν
ἡδονήν
]
Arist. EN 1172a31
;
ῥ.
πρὸς
τὴν
ὀλιγαρχίαν
Id. Pol. 1293b20
.
5.
ῥ.
εἴς
τινα
fall
to,
be
directed
towards
,
τὸ
μητρὸς
ἔς
δέ
μοι
ῥέπει
στέργηθρον
A. Ch. 240
;
τοὔργον
εἰς
ἐμὲ
ῥέπον
that
this
deed
points
to
me,
S. OT 847
.
6.
of
events,
fall,
happen
,
in
a
certain
way,
φιλεῖ
τοῦτο
μὴ
ταύτῃ
ῥέπειν
Id. Ant. 722
;
τῇδε
or
ἐκείνῃ
ῥ
.
Pl. Lg. 862c
,
Ti. 79e
;
ῥ.
εἴς
τι
turn
or
come
to
something,
συμφορὰν
.
.
κακῶν
ῥέπουσαν
ἐς
τὰ
μάσσονα
A. Pers. 440
;
τὸ
μηδὲν
εἰς
οὐδὲν
ῥ
.
naught
comes
to
naught,
E. Fr. 532
;
ὁ
χρησμὸς
ἐς
τοῦτο
ῥ
.
Ar. Pl. 51
;
ὁ
γρῖφος
ἐνταῦθα
ῥ
.
Antiph. 124.11
.
II.
trans.,
cause
the
scale
to
incline
one
way
or
the
other,
only
in
compds.
ἐπιρρέπω,
καταρρέπω
,
exc.
that
A.
uses
the
Pass.
,
τῶνδʼ
ἐξ
ἴσου
ῥεπομένων
being
equally
balanced,
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.
ἐπʼ
αὐτό
).
(Perh.
cogn.
with
Lith.
virpti
‘quiver’.)