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τρόπος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρόπος

Etym.: tre/pw

Sense

  1. a twisted leathern thong

Examples

  • καὶ εὐλογητὸσ ὁ τρόποσ σου, καὶ εὐλογημένη σὺ ἡ ἀποκωλύσασά με σήμερον ἐν ταύτῃ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰσ αἵματα καὶ σῶσαι χεῖρά μου ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:33)
  • ὁ δὲ ταύτην βαρέωσ τὴν ἀλγηδόνα καρτερῶν ἔλεγεν. ὡσ ἡδὺσ πᾶσ τρόποσ θανάτου διὰ τὴν πάτριον ἡμῶν εὐσέβειαν. ἔφη τε πρὸσ τὸν τύραννον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:29)
  • τοιοῦτόσ τισ ἦν ὁ τρόποσ τῆσ φιλοσοφίασ αὐτοῦ, πρᾶοσ καὶ ἥμεροσ καὶ φαιδρόσ· (Lucian, (no name) 9:3)
  • "καὶ γὰρ αὖ καὶ τόδε οἱ πολλοί μοι λέγουσιν , ὡσ οὐδεὶσ ὀξύτεροσ ἄλλοσ θανάτου τρόποσ τοῦ διὰ πυρόσ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:54)
  • "ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὁμοίωσ ἔνδοξοσ ὁ τρόποσ γένοιτ’ ἄν, πᾶσιν κοινὸσ ὤν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. a twisted leathern thong

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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