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|mdlsjtxt=[[τροπή]], ἡ, [[τρέπω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[turn]], [[turning]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> τροπαὶ ἠελίοιο the tropics or solstices, i. e. [[midsummer]] and midwinter, Lat. [[solstitium]] and [[bruma]], [[when]] the sun appears to [[turn]] his [[course]] and [[cross]] the ecliptic. Hom. speaks of τροπαὶ ἠελίοιο as denoting a [[point]] in the heavens, prob. to the [[westward]], Od.; τροπαὶ θεριναί and χειμεριναί, Hdt., [[attic]]:—[[when]] τροπαί is used [[alone]], it [[mostly]] refers to the [[winter]] [[solstice]], περὶ ἡλίου τροπάς (sc. χειμερινάσ) Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[turn]], [[change]], = [[μεταβολή]], Aeschin., Plut.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> τροπαὶ λέξεως a [[change]] of [[speech]] by figures or tropes (τρόποἰ, Luc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[turning]] of the [[enemy]], putting him to [[flight]], a [[rout]], τροπήν (or τροπάσ) τινος ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι to put one to [[flight]], Hdt., Ar., etc.; τροπὴ γίγνεται Hdt.; ἐν τροπῇ [[δορός]] in the [[rout]] caused by the [[spear]], Soph.

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