τροπαῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of a turning]] or [[change]] (cf. [[τροπαία]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of or for [[defeat]] (τροπή 11), <b class="b3">τροπαῖά τ' ἐχθρῶν καὶ πόλει σωτήρια</b> (sc. [[σφάγια]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>402</span>; <b class="b3">Ζεὺς Τ</b>., as [[giver of victory]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 143</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>303</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>867</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1028.27; hence [[στήσαιεν]] <b class="b3">Ζηνὶ τροπαῖον ἕδος</b> ib.2.2717. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[causing rout]], [[appalling]], <b class="b3">Ἕκτορος ὄμμασι τροπαῖοι</b>, i. e. [[terrible]] to the eyes of [[Hector]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>469</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1174</span>.—Cf. [[τρόπαιον]].</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[τροπαῖος]], η, ον<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of or for [[defeat]] ([[τροπή]] II), ἐχθρῶν θύειν τροπαῖα (sc. [[ἱερά]]) a [[sacrifice]] for [[their]] [[defeat]], Eur.; [[Ζεύς|Ζεὺς]] Τρ., as [[giver]] of [[victory]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> causing [[rout]], Ἕκτορος ὄμμασι τροπαῖοι, i. e. [[terrible]] to the eyes of [[Hector]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> like [[ἀποτρόπαιος]], [[averting]], Lat. averruncus, [[Ζεύς]] Soph.