τρέπω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *trep-. The usual connection with Latin torqueō is, according to Beekes, untenable.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τρέπω (trépō)

  1. I turn

Inflection

References

  • τρέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • τρέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • τρέπω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τρέπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τρέπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • τρέπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Learned, from Ancient Greek τρέπω.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtre.po/
  • Hyphenation: τρέ‧πω

Verb

τρέπω (trépo) (past έτρεψα, passive τρέπομαι)

  1. divert, convert
    τρέπομαι σε φυγήtrépomai se fygíΙ flee, run away
    τράπηκε σε φυγήtrápike se fygíS/he fled
    ετράπη εις φυγήν (in ancient fashion) ― etrápi eis fygínS/he fled
  2. turn, veer

Conjugation

Derived terms