"τρόπος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τρόπος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tró.pos/, /ˈtro.pos/, /ˈtro.pos/, /tró.pos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtro.pos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈtro.pos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈtro.pos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈtro.pos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From τρέπω (trépō) + -ος (-os). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*trep-}}, {{affix|grc|τρέπω|-ος|id2=o-grade}} τρέπω (trépō) + -ος (-os) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τρόπου|m|second}} τρόπος • (trópos) m (genitive τρόπου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τρόπος|ου}} Forms: trópos [romanization], τρόπου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ τρόπος [nominative, singular], τὼ τρόπω [dual, nominative], οἱ τρόποι [nominative, plural], τοῦ τρόπου [genitive, singular], τοῖν τρόποιν [dual, genitive], τῶν τρόπων [genitive, plural], τῷ τρόπῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν τρόποιν [dative, dual], τοῖς τρόποις [dative, plural], τὸν τρόπον [accusative, singular], τὼ τρόπω [accusative, dual], τοὺς τρόπους [accusative, plural], τρόπε [singular, vocative], τρόπω [dual, vocative], τρόποι [plural, vocative]
  1. a turn, way, manner, style
    Sense id: en-τρόπος-grc-noun-hLlg64j2
  2. a trope or figure of speech
    Sense id: en-τρόπος-grc-noun-xnzIzc3d Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade), Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 4 68 5 13 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 5 53 10 22 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 5 58 5 17 15 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade): 5 64 5 15 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 31 3 4 9 35 4 12
  3. a mode in music
    Sense id: en-τρόπος-grc-noun-eSKOb8f-
  4. a mode or mood in logic
    Sense id: en-τρόπος-grc-noun-9MyzVwhc
  5. the time and space on the battlefield when one side's belief turns from victory to defeat, the turning point of the battle
    Sense id: en-τρόπος-grc-noun-B4jFhc7q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ὁμοιότροπος (homoiótropos), πολύτροπος (polútropos), τροπαῖος (tropaîos) Related terms: τροπή (tropḗ), τροπικός (tropikós), τρέπω (trépō)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "homoiótropos",
      "word": "ὁμοιότροπος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "polútropos",
      "word": "πολύτροπος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tropaîos",
      "word": "τροπαῖος"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τρόπος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τρόπος (trópos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τρόπος (trópos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tropo-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tropo-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tropo-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "tropus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: tropus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: tropus (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From τρέπω (trépō) + -ος (-os).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trópos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρόπου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ τρόπος",
      "roman": "ho trópos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τρόπω",
      "roman": "tṑ trópō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ τρόποι",
      "roman": "hoi trópoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τρόπου",
      "roman": "toû trópou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τρόποιν",
      "roman": "toîn trópoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν τρόπων",
      "roman": "tôn trópōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τρόπῳ",
      "roman": "tôi trópōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τρόποιν",
      "roman": "toîn trópoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τρόποις",
      "roman": "toîs trópois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν τρόπον",
      "roman": "tòn trópon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τρόπω",
      "roman": "tṑ trópō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς τρόπους",
      "roman": "toùs trópous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρόπε",
      "roman": "trópe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρόπω",
      "roman": "trópō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρόποι",
      "roman": "trópoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ου"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tropḗ",
      "word": "τροπή"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tropikós",
      "word": "τροπικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "trépō",
      "word": "τρέπω"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "a turn, way, manner, style"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρόπος-grc-noun-hLlg64j2",
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        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ]
    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "5 58 5 17 15",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 64 5 15 10",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a trope or figure of speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρόπος-grc-noun-xnzIzc3d",
      "links": [
        [
          "trope",
          "trope"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a mode in music"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρόπος-grc-noun-eSKOb8f-",
      "links": [
        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a mode or mood in logic"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρόπος-grc-noun-9MyzVwhc",
      "links": [
        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the time and space on the battlefield when one side's belief turns from victory to defeat, the turning point of the battle"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρόπος-grc-noun-B4jFhc7q",
      "links": [
        [
          "battlefield",
          "battlefield"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tró.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tró.pos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τρόπος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trep-",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade)",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "homoiótropos",
      "word": "ὁμοιότροπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polútropos",
      "word": "πολύτροπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tropaîos",
      "word": "τροπαῖος"
    }
  ],
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          },
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        }
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    },
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        }
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        }
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    },
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      "form": "τρόπου",
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        "class"
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    {
      "form": "ὁ τρόπος",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τρόπω",
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    {
      "form": "οἱ τρόποι",
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    {
      "form": "τοῦ τρόπου",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τρόποιν",
      "roman": "toîn trópoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν τρόπων",
      "roman": "tôn trópōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τρόπῳ",
      "roman": "tôi trópōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν τρόποιν",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τρόποις",
      "roman": "toîs trópois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν τρόπον",
      "roman": "tòn trópon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ τρόπω",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς τρόπους",
      "roman": "toùs trópous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρόπε",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τρόπω",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρόποι",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "roman": "tropḗ",
      "word": "τροπή"
    },
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      "roman": "tropikós",
      "word": "τροπικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "trépō",
      "word": "τρέπω"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a turn, way, manner, style"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a trope or figure of speech"
      ],
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          "trope",
          "trope"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
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          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a mode in music"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a mode or mood in logic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mode",
          "mode"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the time and space on the battlefield when one side's belief turns from victory to defeat, the turning point of the battle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battlefield",
          "battlefield"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tró.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tró.pos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtro.pos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τρόπος"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.