τρόπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέπω (trépō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tró.pos/ → /ˈtro.pos/ → /ˈtro.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tró.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pos/

Noun

τρόπος • (trópos) m (genitive τρόπου); second declension

1. a turn, way, manner, style
2. a trope or figure of speech
3. a mode in music
4. a mode or mood in logic
5. the time and space on the battlefield when one side's belief turns from victory to defeat, the turning point of the battle

Declension

Second declension of ὁ τρόπος; τοῦ τρόπου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁμοιότροπος (homoiótropos)
• πολύτροπος (polútropos)
• τροπαῖος (tropaîos)

 

Related terms

• τροπή (tropḗ)
• τροπικός (tropikós)
• τρέπω (trépō)

Descendants

• → English: tropo-
• Greek: τρόπος (trópos)
• → Latin: tropus

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)

1. method, manner, behaviour, conduct
2. (in the plural) manners

   καλοί τρόποι ― kaloí trópoi ― good manners

3. 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”)