τροπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέπω (trépō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tro.pɛ̌ː/ → /troˈpi/ → /troˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tro.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /troˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /troˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /troˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /troˈpi/

Noun

τροπή • (tropḗ) f (genitive τροπῆς); first declension

1. a turning
2. turning away the enemy, a rout
3. solstice
4. trope

Declension

First declension of ἡ τροπή; τῆς τροπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τροπή hē tropḗ	τὼ τροπᾱ́ tṑ tropā́	αἱ τροπαί hai tropaí
Genitive	τῆς τροπῆς tês tropês	τοῖν τροπαῖν toîn tropaîn	τῶν τροπῶν tôn tropôn
Dative	τῇ τροπῇ têi tropêi	τοῖν τροπαῖν toîn tropaîn	ταῖς τροπαῖς taîs tropaîs
Accusative	τὴν τροπήν tḕn tropḗn	τὼ τροπᾱ́ tṑ tropā́	τᾱ̀ς τροπᾱ́ς tā̀s tropā́s
Vocative	τροπή tropḗ	τροπᾱ́ tropā́	τροπαί tropaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τροπικός (tropikós)
• τρόπᾱλις (trópālis)

 

Related terms

• τρόπος (trópos)

Further reading

• “τροπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τροπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τροπή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τροπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τροπή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5157 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.
  • dispersal idem, page 236.
  • flight idem, page 327.
  • repulse idem, page 699.
  • rout idem, page 723.