ῥέπω

See also: ρέπω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”), and traditionally compared with English wrap, but this is phonetically impossible. Connections to ῥᾰ́πτω (rhắptō, “to sew”) (with a supposed common denominator meaning of "to twist together") are not certain.^[1] Lithuanian ver̃pti (“to spin”), another traditional comparandum, is likely not cognate; see ῥᾰ́πτω (rhắptō) for discussion.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥é.pɔː/ → /ˈre.po/ → /ˈre.po/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥é.pɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈre.po/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈre.po/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈre.po/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈre.po/

Verb

ῥέπω • (rhépō)

1. (intransitive)
   1. (of things) to incline one way or the other
   2. (of contending parties) to preponderate, prevail
   3. (of persons) to be inclined
   4. (of duties, feelings) to fall upon, to devolve upon
   5. (of events) to fall, happen in a certain way
2. (transitive) to make the scale incline one way or the other

Inflection

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥέπω	ῥέπεις	ῥέπει	ῥέπετον	ῥέπετον	ῥέπομεν	ῥέπετε	ῥέπουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῥέπω	ῥέπῃς	ῥέπῃ	ῥέπητον	ῥέπητον	ῥέπωμεν	ῥέπητε	ῥέπωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέποιμῐ	ῥέποις	ῥέποι	ῥέποιτον	ῥεποίτην	ῥέποιμεν	ῥέποιτε	ῥέποιεν
	imperative		ῥέπε	ῥεπέτω	ῥέπετον	ῥεπέτων		ῥέπετε	ῥεπόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῥέπομαι	ῥέπῃ, ῥέπει	ῥέπεται	ῥέπεσθον	ῥέπεσθον	ῥεπόμεθᾰ	ῥέπεσθε	ῥέπονται
	subjunctive	ῥέπωμαι	ῥέπῃ	ῥέπηται	ῥέπησθον	ῥέπησθον	ῥεπώμεθᾰ	ῥέπησθε	ῥέπωνται
	optative	ῥεποίμην	ῥέποιο	ῥέποιτο	ῥέποισθον	ῥεποίσθην	ῥεποίμεθᾰ	ῥέποισθε	ῥέποιντο
	imperative		ῥέπου	ῥεπέσθω	ῥέπεσθον	ῥεπέσθων		ῥέπεσθε	ῥεπέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῥέπειν				ῥέπεσθαι
participle	m	ῥέπων				ῥεπόμενος
	f	ῥέπουσᾰ				ῥεπομένη
	n	ῥέπον				ῥεπόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ῥέπω, ῥέπομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἕρρεπον	ἕρρεπες	ἕρρεπε(ν)	ἑρρέπετον	ἑρρεπέτην	ἑρρέπομεν	ἑρρέπετε	ἕρρεπον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἑρρεπόμην	ἑρρέπου	ἑρρέπετο	ἑρρέπεσθον	ἑρρεπέσθην	ἑρρεπόμεθᾰ	ἑρρέπεσθε	ἑρρέποντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἕρρεπον, ἑρρεπόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥέψω	ῥέψεις	ῥέψει	ῥέψετον	ῥέψετον	ῥέψομεν	ῥέψετε	ῥέψουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέψοιμῐ	ῥέψοις	ῥέψοι	ῥέψοιτον	ῥεψοίτην	ῥέψοιμεν	ῥέψοιτε	ῥέψοιεν
middle	indicative	ῥέψομαι	ῥέψῃ, ῥέψει	ῥέψεται	ῥέψεσθον	ῥέψεσθον	ῥεψόμεθᾰ	ῥέψεσθε	ῥέψονται
	optative	ῥεψοίμην	ῥέψοιο	ῥέψοιτο	ῥέψοισθον	ῥεψοίσθην	ῥεψοίμεθᾰ	ῥέψοισθε	ῥέψοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ῥέψειν			ῥέψεσθαι
participle	m	ῥέψων			ῥεψόμενος
	f	ῥέψουσᾰ			ῥεψομένη
	n	ῥέψον			ῥεψόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ῥέψω, ῥέψομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρρεψᾰ	ἔρρεψᾰς	ἔρρεψε(ν)	ἐρρέψᾰτον	ἐρρεψᾰ́την	ἐρρέψᾰμεν	ἐρρέψᾰτε	ἔρρεψᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥέψω	ῥέψῃς	ῥέψῃ	ῥέψητον	ῥέψητον	ῥέψωμεν	ῥέψητε	ῥέψωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥέψαιμῐ	ῥέψειᾰς, ῥέψαις	ῥέψειε(ν), ῥέψαι	ῥέψαιτον	ῥεψαίτην	ῥέψαιμεν	ῥέψαιτε	ῥέψειᾰν, ῥέψαιεν
	imperative		ῥέψον	ῥεψᾰ́τω	ῥέψᾰτον	ῥεψᾰ́των		ῥέψᾰτε	ῥεψᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐρρεψᾰ́μην	ἐρρέψω	ἐρρέψᾰτο	ἐρρέψᾰσθον	ἐρρεψᾰ́σθην	ἐρρεψᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐρρέψᾰσθε	ἐρρέψᾰντο
	subjunctive	ῥέψωμαι	ῥέψῃ	ῥέψηται	ῥέψησθον	ῥέψησθον	ῥεψώμεθᾰ	ῥέψησθε	ῥέψωνται
	optative	ῥεψαίμην	ῥέψαιο	ῥέψαιτο	ῥέψαισθον	ῥεψαίσθην	ῥεψαίμεθᾰ	ῥέψαισθε	ῥέψαιντο
	imperative		ῥέψαι	ῥεψᾰ́σθω	ῥέψᾰσθον	ῥεψᾰ́σθων		ῥέψᾰσθε	ῥεψᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ῥέψαι			ῥέψᾰσθαι
participle	m	ῥέψᾱς			ῥεψᾰ́μενος
	f	ῥέψᾱσᾰ			ῥεψᾰμένη
	n	ῥέψᾰν			ῥεψᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἔρρεψᾰ, ἐρρεψᾰ́μην

Descendants

• Greek: ρέπω (répo)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥέπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1280-1

Further reading

• “ῥέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ῥέπω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥέπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ῥέπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ῥέπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter