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|Definition=ή, όν, (τροπή) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of the solstice]], <b class="b3">ὁ τ</b>. (sc. [[κύκλος]]) the [[tropic]] or [[solstice]] as marked on the sphere, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>343a14</span> (with [[κύκλος]], <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.147c</span>); <b class="b3">τ. χειμερινός, θερινός</b>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Antr.</span>21</span>; ζῶναι <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.11.4; <b class="b3">οἱ τ</b>. (sc. [[κύκλοι]]) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>345a6</span>, <span class="bibl">346a14</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Arat. 528</span>, Plu.2.429f; <b class="b3">τὰ τ. ζῴδια</b> the signs of the zodiac [[in which the solstices and the equinoxes are situated]], <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>5.6</span>; so τ. ζῷα <span class="bibl">Man.2.382</span>; and abs., τροπικά <span class="bibl">Id.3.41</span>, <span class="bibl">6.359</span>; but used of Cancer and Capricorn only, opp. [[ἰσημερινά]] (Aries and Libra), <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>31</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of Time, [[of]] or [[at the solstice]], <b class="b3">αἱ τ. ἡμέραι, οἱ τ. μῆνες</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 544a33</span>, <span class="bibl">558b14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Rhet., [[tropical]], [[figurative]], <b class="b3">τ. λέξις</b> a [[figurative]] expression, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>23</span>, etc.; τὸ ποιητικὸν καὶ τ. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.157 S.; αἱ τ. [[tropes]], Longin.32.6. Adv. -κῶς Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.154 S., <span class="bibl">Ath.3.76c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Stoic Logic [[τροπικόν]] = [[συνημμένον ἢ διεζευγμένον ἀξίωμα]] (v. συνάπτω A. 111.3, διαζεύγνυμι 1), <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.77, al., Arr <span class="title">Epict.</span>1.29.40.</span>