τρόπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρέπω (trépō) + -ος (-os).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tró.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pos/
Noun
τρόπος • (trópos) m (genitive τρόπου); second declension
- a turn, way, manner, style
- a trope or figure of speech
- a mode in music
- a mode or mood in logic
- the time and space on the battlefield when one side's belief turns from victory to defeat, the turning point of the battle
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τρόπος ho trópos |
τὼ τρόπω tṑ trópō |
οἱ τρόποι hoi trópoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρόπου toû trópou |
τοῖν τρόποιν toîn trópoin |
τῶν τρόπων tôn trópōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρόπῳ tōî trópōi |
τοῖν τρόποιν toîn trópoin |
τοῖς τρόποις toîs trópois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τρόπον tòn trópon |
τὼ τρόπω tṑ trópō |
τοὺς τρόπους toùs trópous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρόπε trópe |
τρόπω trópō |
τρόποι trópoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀρχαιότροπος (arkhaiótropos)
- ὁμοιότροπος (homoiótropos)
- πολύτροπος (polútropos)
- τροπαῖος (tropaîos)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρέπω ( > DER A. With -ο-¨τρόπος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1503-4
Further reading
- “τρόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “τρόπος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5158 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- behaviour idem, page 71.
- breeding idem, page 97.
- character idem, page 125.
- conduct idem, page 157.
- demeanour idem, page 209.
- deportment idem, page 212.
- disposition idem, page 237.
- fashion idem, page 308.
- form idem, page 338.
- gait idem, page 352.
- habit idem, page 380.
- humour idem, page 410.
- idiosyncrasy idem, page 413.
- kind idem, page 469.
- manner idem, page 512.
- method idem, page 527.
- mood idem, page 540.
- nature idem, page 552.
- part idem, page 593.
- plan idem, page 617.
- port idem, page 627.
- sort idem, page 795.
- strain idem, page 822.
- style idem, page 830.
- temper idem, page 859.
- temperament idem, page 860.
- vein idem, page 946.
- way idem, page 968.
- wise idem, page 982.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos).
Noun
τρόπος • (trópos) m (plural τρόποι)
- method, manner, behaviour, conduct
- (in the plural) manners
- καλοί τρόποι ― kaloí trópoi ― good manners
- knack
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τρόπος (trópos) | τρόποι (trópoi) |
| genitive | τρόπου (trópou) | τρόπων (trópon) |
| accusative | τρόπο (trópo) | τρόπους (trópous) |
| vocative | τρόπε (trópe) | τρόποι (trópoi) |
Derived terms
- με τρόπο (me trópo, “tactfully”)