εὔτροπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) +‎ τρέπω (trépō, “turn, direct; alter, change”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), or εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) +‎ τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction; way, manner”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.tro.pos/ → /ˈeɸ.tro.pos/ → /ˈef.tro.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.tro.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.tro.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.tro.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.tro.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.tro.pos/

Adjective

εὔτροπος • (eútropos) m or f (neuter εὔτροπον); second declension

1. versatile
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1128a.10:

     οἱ δ̓ ἐμμελῶς παίζοντες εὐτρᾰ́πελοι προσᾰγορεύονται, οἷον εὔτροποι· […]

     hoi d emmelôs paízontes eutrápeloi prosagoreúontai, hoîon eútropoi; […]

2. morally good; (of diseases) mild

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Inflection

Second declension of εὔτροπος; εὔτροπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὔτροπος eútropos	εὔτροπον eútropon		εὐτρόπω eutrópō	εὐτρόπω eutrópō		εὔτροποι eútropoi	εὔτροπᾰ eútropa
Genitive		εὐτρόπου eutrópou	εὐτρόπου eutrópou		εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin	εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin		εὐτρόπων eutrópōn	εὐτρόπων eutrópōn
Dative		εὐτρόπῳ eutrópōi	εὐτρόπῳ eutrópōi		εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin	εὐτρόποιν eutrópoin		εὐτρόποις eutrópois	εὐτρόποις eutrópois
Accusative		εὔτροπον eútropon	εὔτροπον eútropon		εὐτρόπω eutrópō	εὐτρόπω eutrópō		εὐτρόπους eutrópous	εὔτροπᾰ eútropa
Vocative		εὔτροπε eútrope	εὔτροπον eútropon		εὐτρόπω eutrópō	εὐτρόπω eutrópō		εὔτροποι eútropoi	εὔτροπᾰ eútropa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐτρόπως eutrópōs			εὐτροπώτερος eutropṓteros			εὐτροπώτᾰτος eutropṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐτροπῐ́ᾱ (eutropíā, noun)
• εὐτρᾰ́πελος (eutrápelos)

Related terms

• εὐτροπέομαι (eutropéomai)

Descendants

• ⇒ Latin: Eutropius

References

• “εὔτροπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press