τροπαία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(''[[sc.]]'' [[πνοή]]), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[an alternating wind]], esp. [[one which blows back from sea to land]], opp. [[ἀπογεία]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>940b22</span>, <span class="bibl">945a6</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Vent.</span>31</span>,<span class="bibl">53</span>; [[tropaei]] ([[venti]]), <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>2.114</span>; [[τ]]. is said to have meant <b class="b3">ἡ ἐναντία πνοή</b> in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1103</span> (where [[τριπαία]], [[τρίπαια]], [[τριπαῖα]] codd.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">λήματος, φρενὸς τροπαία</b>, [[a change in the spirit]] of one's heart or mind, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>706</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>219</span> (both lyr.); but <b class="b3">τ. κακῶν</b> [[a change from]], [[release from]]... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>775</span>.</span>