τρόπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *trópis from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tró.pis/ → /ˈtro.pis/ → /ˈtro.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tró.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pis/

Noun

τρόπις • (trópis) f (genitive τρόπεως); third declension

1. keel of a ship
   1. (metonymically) ship
   2. (figurative) 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.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τρόπῐς; τῆς τρόπεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τρόπῐς; τρόπῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “τρόπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρόπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρόπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τρόπις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011