τρόπις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *trópis from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tró.pis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
Noun
τρόπις • (trópis) f (genitive τρόπεως); third declension
- keel of a ship
- (metonymic) ship
- (figurative) core
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 30:
- λέγε νυν ἀνύσας τι τὴν τρόπιν τοῦ πράγματος.
- lége nun anúsas ti tḕn trópin toû prágmatos.
- Now recount it for me quickly, even the keel of the affair.
- λέγε νυν ἀνύσας τι τὴν τρόπιν τοῦ πράγματος.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τρόπῐς hē trópĭs |
τὼ τρόπει tṑ trópei |
αἱ τρόπεις hai trópeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τρόπεως tês trópeōs |
τοῖν τροπέοιν toîn tropéoin |
τῶν τρόπεων tôn trópeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τρόπει tēî trópei |
τοῖν τροπέοιν toîn tropéoin |
ταῖς τρόπεσῐ / τρόπεσῐν taîs trópesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τρόπῐν tḕn trópĭn |
τὼ τρόπει tṑ trópei |
τᾱ̀ς τρόπεις tā̀s trópeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρόπῐ trópĭ |
τρόπει trópei |
τρόπεις trópeis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τρόπῐς trópĭs |
τρόπῐε trópĭe |
τρόπῐες / τρόπηες trópĭes / trópēes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τρόπῐος / τρόπηος trópĭos / trópēos |
τροπῐ́οιν / τροπῐ́οιῐν tropĭ́oi(ĭ)n |
τροπῐ́ων tropĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τρόπῐῐ / τρόπῑ / τρόπηῐ̈ / τρόπει trópĭĭ / trópī / trópēĭ̈ / trópei |
τροπῐ́οιν / τροπῐ́οιῐν tropĭ́oi(ĭ)n |
τροπῐ́εσσῐ / τροπῐ́εσσῐν / τρόπεσῐ / τρόπεσῐν / τρόπῐσῐ / τρόπῐσῐν tropĭ́essĭ(n) / trópesĭ(n) / trópĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τρόπῐν trópĭn |
τρόπῐε trópĭe |
τρόπῐᾰς / τρόπηᾰς / τρόπῑς trópĭăs / trópēăs / trópīs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρόπῐ trópĭ |
τρόπῐε trópĭe |
τρόπῐες / τρόπηες trópĭes / trópēes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τρόπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρόπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρόπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τρόπις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011