τρόπις

tropis

shipʼs keel

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5130
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7252
Book 12 4
Chapter ?

12421
12422
12424
12438
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19278

Dictionary (LSJ)

τρόπις, ἡ, gen. τρόπεως Placit. 2.4.15, Hdn. Epim. 135; Ion. gen. τρόπιος Od. 19.278, Hdt. 2.96; τρόπιδος EM 811.21; dat. τρόπιδι A.R. 1.388; acc. τρόπιν Hippon. 50, Orph. A. 271: pl. τρόπεις, dat. τρόπισι D.C. 48.38: (τρέπω):—A. shipʼs keel, Od. 5.130, 12.421, Hdt. l. c.; τ. νεός Od. 7.252, 19.278; πλοίου τ. Arist. Metaph. 1013a5; and poet. ship, S. Fr. 143; τρόπεις θέσθαι lay down keels for building ships, Plu. Demetr. 43; cf. τροπιδεῖον: metaph., λέγε νυν τὴν τ. τοῦ πράγματος Ar. V. 30.

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