ῥέπω (ϝρ.): sink in the scale, used figuratively
of the balances of fate, ῥέπε δ᾽ αἴσιμον
ἦμαρ Ἀχαιῶν (meaning that their fate was sealed, an
expression the converse in form, but the counterpart in sense, of our
‘kick the beam’), Il.
8.72, Il. 22.212.
(Il.)