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τρόπος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρόπος τρόπου

Structure: τροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/pw

Sense

  1. a turn, way, manner, style
  2. a trope or figure of speech
  3. a mode in music
  4. a mode or mood in logic
  5. the time and space on the battlefield when one side's belief turns from victory to defeat, the turning point of the battle

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ πενία δ’ ἴσωσ δύσχρηστον μὲν ἔχει τι καὶ χαλεπόν, κεχώρισται δ’ αἰσχύνησ, ὡσ ἄν, οἶμαι, τῆσ ἀπορίασ ἐπὶ πολλῶν οὐ τρόπου κακίαν ἀλλὰ τύχησ ἀγνωμοσύνην ἐλεγχούσησ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 8:1)
  • δηλοῖ δ’ ἐκ τοῦ τρόπου καὶ τοῦ χαρακτῆροσ ἀρχαϊκὸσ ὢν καὶ περιτρέχων τὴν τοπικὴν Δήλου καὶ Λέρου ἱστορίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 7:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ τρόπου δοκεῖ μοι σύνναοσ καὶ σύμβωμοσ ἔσεσθαι τῷ προπάτορι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 2 3:1)
  • πέρα τοῦ δικανικοῦ τρόπου καὶ ἡ σύνθεσισ ἔχει τι τοῦ ποιητικοῦ τό τε σχῆμα τῆσ λέξεωσ ἐκ τῶν ἐπιδεικτικῶν εἴληπται παρισώσεων καὶ παρομοιώσεων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 2010)
  • τοὐντεῦθεν καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐπεκορυσσόμην αὐτῷ καὶ πάντα κάλων ἐκίνουν ἀμύνασθαι βουλόμενοσ, καὶ πρὸ τῆσ ἐπιβουλῆσ ἤδη μισῶν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔχθιστον ἡγούμενοσ διὰ τὴν τοῦ τρόπου μιαρίαν, καὶ πρὸσ τὴν κατηγορίαν ὡρμήμην πολλοὺσ συναγωνιστὰσ ἔχων καὶ μάλιστα τοὺσ ἀπὸ Τιμοκράτουσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 57:3)

Synonyms

  1. a trope or figure of speech

  2. a mode in music

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