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τρόπος, ὁ,
(τρέπω) turn, direction, way, διώρυχες παντοίους τρόπους ἔχουσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.108; διώρυχας τετραμμένας πάντα τ. [prev. author] 1.189, compare 199: but, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II commonly, way, manner, fashion, guise, τρόπῳ τῷ παρεόντι χρεώμενοι going on as we are,[[ [prev. work] 97; τ. ὑποδημάτων Κρητικός 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 62; πᾶς τ. μορφῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 192; τίς ὁ τ. τῆς ξυμφορᾶ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 99; ἀσκεῖν τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 47; ὁ αὐτός που τ. τέχνης ἰατρικῆς ὅσπερ καὶ ῥητορικῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 270b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; tenor, of documents, [[ “PGen.” 16.11 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc.: also in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, κεχώρισται τοὺς τ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] in its ways, in its kind, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28; ψυχῆς τρποι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 445c, etc.; οἱ περὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 588a20:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —in various adverbial usages:
__II.1 dative, τίνι τρόπ; how? [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 793, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 10, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1294; τῷ τ.; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 679, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 909, 1008; ποίῳ τ.; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 763, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοιούτῳ τ., τ. τοιῷδε, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, 3.68; ἄλλῳ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑνί γέ τῳ τ. in one way or other, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 402, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 96d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντὶ τ. by all means, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 301 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδενὶ τ., μηδενὶ τ., in no wise, by no mdans, on no account, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.111, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 49a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑκουσίῳ τ. willingly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 751 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόπῳ φρενός by way of intelligence, i.e. in lieu of the intelligence which is lacking to the child, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 754 (assuming variant): poetry in _plural_, τρόποισι ποίοι; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 468 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς not after the fashion of.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 479; ναυκλήρου τρόποις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 128. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Browse lexicon entries__II.2 absolutely in accusative, τίνα τρόπο; how? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 170, “Ra.” 460 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τινά in a manner, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1300, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 432e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτον τὸν τ., τόνδε τὸν τ., [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 199a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.9; ὃν τ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]how, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.8; as, LXX.Psa.41(42).1; τ. τὸν αὐτόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 274; πάντα τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 700 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μηδένα τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.8 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; τὸν μέγαν τ., οὐ σμικρὸν τ., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 284, 465; τὸν Ἀργείων τ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).58; Σαμιακὸν τ. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάρβαρον τ. (βρόμον ex Scholia Schütz) in barbarous guise or fashion, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 463 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πίτυος τρόπον after the manner of a pine, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρνιθος τ. like a bird, [[ [prev. author] 2.57, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 49 (_anapaest meter_), 390 (Lyric poetry), etc.; later, ἐς ὄρνιθος τ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Halc.” 1, compare “Bis Acc.” 27: rarely in _plural_, πάντας τρόπους] Refs 4th c.BC+] in all ways, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 94d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 with Preps., τὸν ἐγκώμιον ἀμφὶ τρόπον in way of praise, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).77:— δι᾽ οὗ τρόπου 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 539.6; διὰ τοιούτου τ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.66:— ἐς τὸν νῦν τ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τ. μετασκευάσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὄρνιθος τ.[[ (see. above 2):— ἐκ παντὸς τ. [prev. author] “An.” 3.1.43, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95, etc.; ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 187, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34; μηδὲ ἐξ ἑνὸς τ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.30; μηδ᾽ ἐξ ἑνὸς τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.3:— ἐν τῷ ἑαυτῶν τ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67, compare 1.97, etc.; ἐν τρόπῳ βοσκήματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 807a: in _plural_, γυναικὸς ἐν τρόποις, ἐν τ. Ἰξίονος, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 918, “Eu.” 441:— κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.5; κατὰ πάντα τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 451 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.30, etc.; κατ᾽ οὐδένα τ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.84.8, etc.; κατ᾽ ἄλλον τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 417b; κατὰ τὸν Ἑλληνικὸν τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.28: in _plural_, κατὰ πολλοὺς τ. [prev. work] 8.1.46, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τ. in any manner whatever, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.27:— ἑνὶ σὺν τ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.a according to custom, κατὰ τὸν τ. τῆς φύσεως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 804b; opposed to παρὰ τὸν τ. τὸν ἑαυτῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.63, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.b fitly, duly, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 283, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 310c, etc.; οὐδαμῶς κατὰ τ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 638c; opposed to ἀπὸ τρόπου ] Refs 5th c.BC+]unreasonable, absurd, [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 421d, “Tht.” 143c, etc.; so θαυμαστὸν οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου τ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 πρὸς τρόπου fitting, suitable, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 309.5 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III of persons, a way of life, habit, custom, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῶν ἡλιαστ; Answ. μἀλλὰ θατέρου τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 109; ἐγὼ δὲ τούτου τοῦ τ. πώς εἰμ᾽ ἀεί [prev. author] “Pl.” 246, compare 630. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 a man's ways, habits, character, temper, ὀργὴν καὶ ῥυθμὸν καὶ τ. ὅστις ἂν ᾖ (variant{ὅντιν᾽ ἔχει}) [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 964 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τρόπου ἡσυχίου of a quiet temper, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.107, compare 3.36; φιλανθρώπου τ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 11; γυναικὶ κόσμος ὁ τ., οὐ τὰ χρυσία 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 92; οὐ τὸν τ., ἀλλὰ τὸν τόπον μόνον μετήλλαξεν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόπου προπέτεια, ἀναίδεια, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.38, 45.71; ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τ. NT.Heb.13.5:— οὐ τοὐμοῦ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1002 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; σφόδρ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ σοῦ τ. quite of your sort, [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 93; ξυγγενεῖς τοὐμοῦ τ. [prev. work] 574:] Refs] —πρὸς τρόπου τινός agreeable to one's temper, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252d, compare “Lg.” 655d; πρὸς τοῦ Κύρου τρόπου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.11:—opposed to ἀπὸ τρόπου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278d, “R.” 470c:—after _adjectives_, διάφοροι ὄντες τὸν τ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.96; σολοικότερος τῷ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.21:—especially in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.38, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 397, 1051 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκληρός, ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 350, 935; σφόδρα τοὺς τ. Βοιώτιος 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 39; πουλύπους ἐς τοὺς τ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 101; μεθάρμοσαι τ. νέους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 311; τοὺς φιλάνορας τ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 856; νέας βουλὰς νέοισιν ἐγκαταζεύξας τ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 736; τοῖς τρόποις ὑπηρετεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1432 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νόμοι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39; ἤθη τε καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 924d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV in Music, like {ἁρμονία}, a particular mode, Αύδιος τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but more generally, style, νεοσίγαλος τ.[[ [prev. work] 3.4; ὁ ἀρχαῖος τ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 303 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠδῆς τρόπος, μουσικῆς τρόποι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398c, 424c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διθυραμβικοὶ τ. (distinguished from ἦθος) [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.9K.; ὁ ἁρμονικὸς τῆς μουσικῆς τ. 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.12, compare 2.1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of art in general, πάντες τῆς εἰκαστικῆς τ. [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.7. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__V in speaking or writing, manner, style, ὁ τ. τῆς λέξεως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in Rhet. in plural, tropes, [[ 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus “Trop.” at Title Page, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Brutus.” 17.69, 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus “Inst.” 8.6.1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__VI in Logic, mode or mood of a syllogism, [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.269] Refs], compare 1.108, 2.83: more generally, method of instruction or explanation, ὁ ἄνευ φθόγγων τ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.32U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ μοναχῇ τ. the method of the single cause, opposed to ὁ πλεοναχὸς τ. the method of manifold causes, [[ [prev. author] “Ep.” 2p.41U. ] Refs]; mode of inference, ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τ., opposed to ὁ κατ᾽ ἀνασκευὴν τ. τῆς σημειώσεως, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 30, 31; αἰτιολογικὸς τ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 143 G. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VII beam, [[ 4th c.BC: Moschio Tragicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.208c (so in Mod.Gr., compare “Glotta” 11.249). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]