εὔτροπος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + τρέπω (trépō, “turn, direct; alter, change”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), or εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction; way, manner”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯.tro.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈew.tro.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɸ.tro.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈef.tro.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈef.tro.pos/
Adjective
[edit]εὔτροπος • (eútropos) m or f (neuter εὔτροπον); second declension
- versatile
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1128a.10:
- οἱ δ̓ ἐμμελῶς παίζοντες εὐτρᾰ́πελοι προσᾰγορεύονται, οἷον εὔτροποι· […]
- hoi d emmelôs paízontes eutrápeloi prosagoreúontai, hoîon eútropoi; […]
- οἱ δ̓ ἐμμελῶς παίζοντες εὐτρᾰ́πελοι προσᾰγορεύονται, οἷον εὔτροποι· […]
- morally good; (of diseases) mild
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Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὔτροπος eútropos |
εὔτροπον eútropon |
εὐτρόπω eutrópō |
εὐτρόπω eutrópō |
εὔτροποι eútropoi |
εὔτροπᾰ eútropa | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐτρόπου eutrópou |
εὐτρόπου eutrópou |
εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin |
εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin |
εὐτρόπων eutrópōn |
εὐτρόπων eutrópōn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐτρόπῳ eutrópōi |
εὐτρόπῳ eutrópōi |
εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin |
εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin |
εὐτρόποις eutrópois |
εὐτρόποις eutrópois | ||||||||
Accusative | εὔτροπον eútropon |
εὔτροπον eútropon |
εὐτρόπω eutrópō |
εὐτρόπω eutrópō |
εὐτρόπους eutrópous |
εὔτροπᾰ eútropa | ||||||||
Vocative | εὔτροπε eútrope |
εὔτροπον eútropon |
εὐτρόπω eutrópō |
εὐτρόπω eutrópō |
εὔτροποι eútropoi |
εὔτροπᾰ eútropa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐτρόπως eutrópōs |
εὐτροπώτερος eutropṓteros |
εὐτροπώτᾰτος eutropṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- εὐτροπῐ́ᾱ (eutropíā, noun)
- εὐτρᾰ́πελος (eutrápelos)
Related terms
[edit]- εὐτροπέομαι (eutropéomai)
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Latin: Eutropius
References
[edit]- “εὔτροπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press