Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀρχαιοτροπία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχαιοτροπία

Etym.: from a)rxaio/tropos

Sense

  1. old fashions or customs

Examples

  • ὡσ γὰρ ἐκείνουσ ἡδέωσ ὁρῶντεσ καὶ θαυμάζοντεσ οὐ χρῶνται, οὕτωσ ἡ Κάτωνοσ ἀρχαιοτροπία διὰ χρόνων πολλῶν ἐπιγενομένη βίοισ διεφθορόσι καὶ πονηροῖσ ἔθεσι δόξαν μὲν εἶχε μεγάλην καὶ κλέοσ, οὐκ ἐνήρμοσε δὲ ταῖσ χρείαισ διὰ βάροσ καὶ μέγεθοσ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἀσύμμετρον τοῖσ καθεστῶσι καιροῖσ. (Plutarch, chapter 3 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. old fashions or customs

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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