τροπαία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(sc. <b class="b3">πνοή</b>), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">an alternating wind</b>, esp. <b class="b2">one which blows back from sea to land</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀπογεία</b>, <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>; <b class="b2">tropaei</b> (<b class="b2">venti</b>), <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>2.114</span>; <b class="b3">τ</b>. 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 <b class="b3">τριπαία, τρίπαια, τριπαῖα</b> codd.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">λήματος, φρενὸς τροπαία</b>, <b class="b2">a change in the spirit</b> 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> <b class="b2">a change from, release from</b>... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>775</span>.</span>