A.turn, direction, way, “διώρυχες παντοίους τρόπους ἔχουσαι” Hdt.2.108; “διώρυχας τετραμμένας πάντα τ.” Id.1.189, cf. 199: but,
II. commonly, way, manner, fashion, guise, τρόπῳ τῷ παρεόντι χρεώμενοι going on as we are, ib.97; “τ. ὑποδημάτων Κρητικός” Hp.Art.62; “πᾶς τ. μορφῆς” A.Eu.192; “τίς ὁ τ. τῆς ξυμφορᾶς;” S. OT99; “ἀσκεῖν τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τ.” Ar.Pl.47; “ὁ αὐτός που τ. τέχνης ἰατρικῆς ὅσπερ καὶ ῥητορικῆς” Pl.Phdr.270b; tenor, of documents, PGen.16.11 (iii A. D.), etc.: also in Pl., κεχώρισται τοὺς τ. in its ways, in its kind, Hdt.4.28; “ψυχῆς τρόͅποι” Pl.R.445c, etc.; “οἱ περὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τ.” Arist.HA588a20:—in various adverbial usages:
1. dat., “τίνι τρόπῳ;” how? A.Pers.793, S.OT10, E.Ba.1294; “τῷ τ.;” S.El.679, E. Hipp.909, 1008; “ποίῳ τ.;” A.Pr.763, etc.; τοιούτῳ τ., τ. τοιῷδε, Hdt. 1.94, 3.68; “ἄλλῳ τ.” Pl.Phdr.232b, etc.; ἑνί γέ τῳ τ. in one way or other, Ar.Pl.402, Pl.Men.96d; παντὶ τ. by all means, A.Th.301 (lyr.), Lys.13.25; οὐδενὶ τ., μηδενὶ τ., in no wise, by no means, on no account, Hdt.4.111, Th.6.35, Pl.Cri.49a, etc.; ἑκουσίῳ τ. willingly, E. Med.751; τρόπῳ φρενός by way of intelligence, i.e. in lieu of the intelligence which is lacking to the child, A.Ch.754 (s. v.l.): poet. in pl., “τρόποισι ποίοις;” S.OC468; τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς not after the fashion of . . , A.Ch.479; “ναυκλήρου τρόποις” S.Ph.128.
2. abs. in acc., “τίνα τρόπον;” how? Ar.Nu.170, Ra.460; τ. τινά in a manner, E.Hipp. 1300, Pl.R.432e; τοῦτον τὸν τ., τόνδε τὸν τ., Id.Smp.199a, X.An. 1.1.9; “ὃν τ.” how, D.H.3.8; as, LXXPs.41(42).1; “τ. τὸν αὐτόν” A.Ch.274; “πάντα τ.” Ar.Nu.700 (lyr.), etc.; “μηδένα τ.” X.Mem.3.7.8; τὸν μέγαν τ., οὐ σμικρὸν τ., A.Th.284,465; “τὸν Ἀργείων τ.” Pi.I.6(5).58; “Σαμιακὸν τ.” Cratin.13; βάρβαρον τ. (βρόμον ex Sch. Schütz) in barbarous guise or fashion, A.Th.463; πίτυος τρόπον after the manner of a pine, Hdt.6.37; ὄρνιθος τ. like a bird, Id.2.57, cf. A.Ag.49 (anap.), 390 (lyr.), etc.; later, “ἐς ὄρνιθος τ.” Luc.Halc.1, cf. Bis Acc.27: rarely in pl., πάντας τρόπους in all ways, Pl.Phd.94d.
3. with Preps., τὸν ἐγκώμιον ἀμφὶ τρόπον in way of praise, Pi.O.10(11).77:—“δι᾽ οὗ τρόπου” Men.539.6; “διὰ τοιούτου τ.” D.S.1.66:—“ἐς τὸν νῦν τ.” Th.1.6; “εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τ. μετασκευάσαι” X.Cyr.6.2.8; ἐς ὄρνιθος τ. (v. supr.2):— “ἐκ παντὸς τ.” Id.An.3.1.43, Isoc.4.95, etc.; “ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τ.” Ar.Fr. 187, Th.6.34; “μηδὲ ἐξ ἑνὸς τ.” Lys.31.30; “μηδ᾽ ἐξ ἑνὸς τ.” Isoc.5.3:— “ἐν τῷ ἑαυτῶν τ.” Th.7.67, cf. 1.97, etc.; “ἐν τρόπῳ βοσκήματος” Pl.Lg. 807a: in pl., γυναικὸς ἐν τρόποις, ἐν τ. Ἰξίονος, A.Ag.918, Eu.441:— “κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τ.” X.Cyr.8.2.5; “κατὰ πάντα τ.” Ar.Av.451 (lyr.), X.An. 6.6.30, etc.; “κατ᾽ οὐδένα τ.” Plb.4.84.8, etc.; “κατ᾽ ἄλλον τ.” Pl.Cra. 417b; “κατὰ τὸν Ἑλληνικὸν τ.” X.Cyr.2.2.28: in pl., κατὰ πολλοὺς τ. ib.8.1.46, etc.:—μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τ. in any manner whatever, Th.8.27:—“ἑνὶ σὺν τ.” Pi.N.7.14.
a. according to custom, “κατὰ τὸν τ. τῆς φύσεως” Pl.Lg.804b; opp. “παρὰ τὸν τ. τὸν ἑαυτῶν” Th.5.63, cf. Antipho 3.2.1.
b. fitly, duly, Epich.283, Isoc. 2.6, Pl.Plt.310c, etc.; “οὐδαμῶς κατὰ τ.” Id.Lg.638c; opp. “ἀπὸ τρόπου” unreasonable, absurd, Id.Cra.421d, Tht.143c, etc.; so “θαυμαστὸν οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου τ.” Th.1.76.
III. of persons, a way of life, habit, custom, Pi.N.1.29; μῶν ἡλιαστά; Answ. “μἀλλὰ θατέρου τ.” Ar. Av.109; “ἐγὼ δὲ τούτου τοῦ τ. πώς εἰμ᾽ ἀεί” Id.Pl.246, cf. 630.
2. a man's ways, habits, character, temper, ὀργὴν καὶ ῥυθμὸν καὶ τ. ὅστις ἂν ᾖ (v.l. ὅντιν᾽ ἔχει) Thgn.964; τρόπου ἡσυχίου of a quiet temper, Hdt.1.107, cf. 3.36; “φιλανθρώπου τ.” A.Pr.11; “γυναικὶ κόσμος ὁ τ., οὐ τὰ χρυσία” Men.Mon.92; “οὐ τὸν τ., ἀλλὰ τὸν τόπον μόνον μετήλλαξεν” Aeschin.3.78; τρόπου προπέτεια, ἀναίδεια, D.21.38, 45.71; “ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τ.” Ep.Hebr.13.5 :—“οὐ τοὐμοῦ τ.” Ar.V.1002; σφόδρ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ σοῦ τ. quite of your sort, Id.Th.93; ξυγγενεῖς τοὐμοῦ τ. ib.574:—πρὸς τρόπου τινός agreeable to one's temper, Pl.Phdr.252d, cf. Lg.655d; “πρὸς τοῦ Κύρου τρόπου” X.An.1.2.11:—opp. “ἀπὸ τρόπου” Pl.Phdr.278d, R. 470c:—after Adjs., “διάφοροι ὄντες τὸν τ.” Th.8.96; “σολοικότερος τῷ τ.” X.Cyr.8.3.21:—esp. in pl., Pi.P.10.38, S.El.397, 1051; σκληρός, ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους, Ar.Pax 350, 935; “σφόδρα τοὺς τ. Βοιώτιος” Eub.39; “πουλύπους ἐς τοὺς τ.” Eup.101; “μεθάρμοσαι τ. νέους” A.Pr.311; “τοὺς φιλάνορας τ.” Id.Ag.856; “νέας βουλὰς νέοισιν ἐγκαταζεύξας τ.” S.Aj. 736; “τοῖς τρόποις ὑπηρετεῖν” Ar.Ra.1432; opp. νόμοι, Th.2.39; “ἤθη τε καὶ τ.” Pl.Lg.924d.
IV. in Music, like ἁρμονία, a particular mode, “Αύδιος τ.” Pi.O.14.17; but more generally, style, νεοσίγαλος τ. ib.3.4; “ὁ ἀρχαῖος τ.” Eup.303; ᾠδῆς τρόπος, μουσικῆς τρόποι, Pl.R. 398c, 424c; διθυραμβικοὶ τ. (distd. fr. ἦθος) Phld.Mus.p.9K.; “ὁ ἁρμονικὸς τῆς μουσικῆς τ.” Aristid.Quint.1.12, cf. 2.1; of art in general, “πάντες τῆς εἰκαστικῆς τ.” Phld.Po.5.7.
V. in speaking or writing, manner, style, “ὁ τ. τῆς λέξεως” Pl.R.400d, cf. Isoc.15.45: esp. in Rhet. in pl., tropes, Trypho Trop.tit., Cic.Brut.17.69, Quint.Inst.8.6.1.
VI. in Logic, mode or mood of a syllogism, Stoic.3.269, cf. 1.108, 2.83: more generally, method of instruction or explanation, “ὁ ἄνευ φθόγγων τ.” Epicur.Ep.1p.32U.; ὁ μοναχῇ τ. the method of the single cause, opp. ὁ πλεοναχὸς τ. the method of manifold causes, Id.Ep.2p.41U.; mode of inference, ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τ., opp. ὁ κατ᾽ ἀνασκευὴν τ. τῆς σημειώσεως, Phld.Sign.30,31; “αἰτιολογικὸς τ.” Epicur.Nat. 143 G.