τρόπις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *trópis from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tró.pis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtro.pis/
Noun
τρόπις • (trópis) f (genitive τρόπεως); third declension
- keel of a ship
- (metonymically) ship
- (figuratively) core
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 30:
- λέγε νυν ἀνύσας τι τὴν τρόπιν τοῦ πράγματος.
- lége nun anúsas ti tḕn trópin toû prágmatos.
- Now recount it for me quickly, even the keel of the affair.
- λέγε νυν ἀνύσας τι τὴν τρόπιν τοῦ πράγματος.
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ τρόπῐς; τῆς τρόπεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τρόπῐς hē trópis | τὼ τρόπει tṑ trópei | αἱ τρόπεις hai trópeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τρόπεως tês trópeōs | τοῖν τροπέοιν toîn tropéoin | τῶν τρόπεων tôn trópeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τρόπει têi trópei | τοῖν τροπέοιν toîn tropéoin | ταῖς τρόπεσῐ / τρόπεσῐν taîs trópesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τρόπῐν tḕn trópin | τὼ τρόπει tṑ trópei | τᾱ̀ς τρόπεις tā̀s trópeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρόπῐ trópi | τρόπει trópei | τρόπεις trópeis | ||||||||||
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Third declension of τρόπῐς; τρόπῐος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τρόπῐς trópis | τρόπῐε trópie | τρόπῐες / τρόπηες trópies / trópēes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τρόπῐος / τρόπηος trópios / trópēos | τροπῐ́οιῐν tropíoiin | τροπῐ́ων tropíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τρόπῐῐ / τρόπῑ / τρόπηῐ̈ / τρόπει trópii / trópī / trópēï / trópei | τροπῐ́οιῐν tropíoiin | τροπῐ́εσσῐ / τροπῐ́εσσῐν / τρόπεσῐ / τρόπεσῐν / τρόπῐσῐ / τρόπῐσῐν tropíessi(n) / trópesi(n) / trópisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τρόπῐν trópin | τρόπῐε trópie | τρόπῐᾰς / τρόπηᾰς / τρόπῑς trópias / trópēas / trópīs | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρόπῐ trópi | τρόπῐε trópie | τρόπῐες / τρόπηες trópies / trópēes | ||||||||||
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