τροπαία
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
(sc. πνοή), ἡ,
A an alternating wind, esp. one which blows back from sea to land, opp. ἀπογεία, Arist.Pr.940b22, 945a6, Thphr. Vent.31,53; tropaei (venti), Plin.HN2.114; τ. is said to have meant ἡ ἐναντία πνοή in S.Fr.1103 (where τριπαία, τρίπαια, τριπαῖα codd.). II metaph., λήματος, φρενὸς τροπαία, a change in the spirit of one's heart or mind, A.Th.706, Ag.219 (both lyr.); but τ. κακῶν a change from, release from... Id.Ch.775.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τροπαία: (ἐξυπακ. πνοή), ἡ, ἡ ἐναντία πνοή, πνοὴ ἀνέμου ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης πρὸς τὴν ξηράν, ἀντίθετον τῷ ἀπογεία, ἥτις ἦτο πνοὴ ἀνέμου ἐκ τῆς ξηρᾶς, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 950, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 26. 5 καὶ 40, Θεοφρ. περὶ Ἀνέμ. 31 καὶ 53· tropaei (venti) παρὰ Πλινίῳ 2. 44, πρβλ. Λοβεκ. Παραλ. 314. ΙΙ. μεταφορ., λήματος, φρενὸς τροπαία, μετατροπή, μεταβολὴ τῶν διαθέσεων καὶ τῶν φρονημάτων τινός, Αἰσχύλ. Θηβ. 706, Ἀγ. 219, ἔνθα ἴδε Blomf.· ἀλλά, τρ. κακῶν, μεταβολλή, ἀπαλλαγὴ ἀπό..., ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Χο. 775.
