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

(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

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; […]
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
Derived forms	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