τρόπος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /trópos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /trópos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /trópos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /trópos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /tɾópos/

Noun

τρόπος (genitive τρόπου) m, second declension; (tropos)

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

Inflection

Second declension of τρόπος, τρόπου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρόπος	τὼ τρόπω	οἱ τρόποι
Genitive	τοῦ τρόπου	τοῖν τρόποιν	τῶν τρόπων
Dative	τῷ τρόπῳ	τοῖν τρόποιν	τοῖς τρόποις
Accusative	τὸν τρόπον	τὼ τρόπω	τοὺς τρόπους
Vocative	τρόπε	τρόπω	τρόποι

Derived terms

• τροπαῖος

Related terms

• τροπή
• τροπικός
• τρέπω

External links

• trope in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Greek

Noun

τρόπος (trópos) m,   plural τρόποι

1. way, manner
2. knack
3. (plural): manners

   καλοί τρόποι (good manners)

Declension

declension of τρόπος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	τρόπος	τρόποι
genitive (γενική)	τρόπου	τρόπων
accusative (αιτιατική)	τρόπο	τρόπους
vocative (κλητική)	τρόπε	τρόποι

Derived terms

• με τρόπο (me trópo, “tactfully”)