τρόπος, ὁ, (τρέπω)
turn, direction, way, διώρυχες παντοίους τρόπους ἔχουσαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) commonly,
way, manner, fashion, guise, τρόπῳ τῷ παρεόντι χρεώμενοι going on
as we are,[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
tenor, of documents, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc: also in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] in its
ways, in its
kind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —in various adverbial usages:
II.1)
dative, τίνι τρόπ;
how? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοιούτῳ τ, τ. τοιῷδε, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑνί γέ τῳ τ.
in one
way or other, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παντὶ τ.
by all
means, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδενὶ τ, μηδενὶ τ,
in no
wise, by no
mdans, on no
account, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑκουσίῳ τ. willingly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόπῳ φρενός by
way of intelligence, i.e. in lieu of the intelligence which is lacking to the child, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς not after
the fashion of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
absolutely in
accusative, τίνα τρόπο;
how? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τινά
in a
manner, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτον τὸν τ, τόνδε τὸν τ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
how, [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; τὸν μέγαν τ, οὐ σμικρὸν τ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάρβαρον τ. (βρόμον ex Scholia Schütz)
in barbarous
guise or
fashion, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πίτυος τρόπον
after the manner of a pine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρνιθος τ.
like a bird, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] in all
ways, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) with Preps, τὸν ἐγκώμιον ἀμφὶ τρόπον in
way of praise, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὄρνιθος τ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+] —μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τ. in any
manner whatever, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4) κατὰ τρόπον,
II.4.a)
according to custom, κατὰ τὸν τ. τῆς φύσεως [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4.b)
fitly, duly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
unreasonable, absurd, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5) πρὸς τρόπου
fitting, suitable, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III) of persons,
a way of life, habit, custom, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῶν ἡλιαστ; Answ. μἀλλὰ θατέρου τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2) a man's
ways, habits, character, temper, ὀργὴν καὶ ῥυθμὸν καὶ τ. ὅστις ἂν ᾖ (variant{ὅντιν᾽ ἔχει}) [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; τρόπου ἡσυχίου of a quiet
temper, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόπου προπέτεια, ἀναίδεια, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; σφόδρ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ σοῦ τ. quite of your
sort, [
Refs] —πρὸς τρόπου τινός agreeable to one's
temper, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκληρός, ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νόμοι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV) in Music, like {ἁρμονία}, a particular
mode, Αύδιος τ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but more generally,
style, νεοσίγαλος τ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠδῆς τρόπος, μουσικῆς τρόποι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διθυραμβικοὶ τ. (distinguished from ἦθος) [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; of art in general, πάντες τῆς εἰκαστικῆς τ. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
V) in speaking or writing,
manner, style, ὁ τ. τῆς λέξεως [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in Rhet. in
plural,
tropes, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
VI) in Logic,
mode or
mood of a syllogism, [
Refs], compare 1.108, 2.83: more generally,
method of instruction or explanation, ὁ ἄνευ φθόγγων τ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ μοναχῇ τ. the
method of the single cause, opposed to ὁ πλεοναχὸς τ. the
method of manifold causes, [
Refs];
mode of inference, ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τ, opposed to ὁ κατ᾽ ἀνασκευὴν τ. τῆς σημειώσεως, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VII)
beam, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]