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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[turn]] or [[direct]] [[towards]] a [[thing]], Hom., etc.; [[mostly]] followed by a prep., τρ. τινὰ εἰς εὐνήν to [[show]] him to bed, Od.; τρ. πόλεις ἐς ὕβριν Thuc.; τρ. κεφαλὴν πρὸς ἠέλιον Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> Pass. to [[turn]] one's steps, [[turn]] in a [[certain]] [[direction]], [[τραφθῆναι]] ἀν' Ἑλλάδα to [[roam]] up and [[down]] [[Greece]], Od.; c. acc. cogn., τρέπεσθαι ὁδόν to [[take]] a [[course]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Pass. also to [[turn]] or betake [[oneself]], εἰς ἀοιδήν Od.; ἐπὶ ἔργα Il.; ἐφ' ἁρπαγήν Thuc.; πρὸς ληιστείαν Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> Pass. and Mid., of places, to be turned or [[look]] in a [[certain]] [[direction]], πρὸς ζόφον Od.; πρὸς ἄρκτον, πρὸς νότον Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[turn]], i. e. [[turn]] [[about]], τρέπειν ἵππους Il.; τὰ καλὰ τρ. ἔζω to [[turn]] the [[best]] [[side]] outmost, Pind.:—Pass., αἰχμὴ τράπετο the [[point]] [[bent]] [[back]], Il.; of the [[solstice]], [[ἐπειδὰν]] ἐν χειμῶνι τράπηται [[ἥλιος]] (v. [[τροπή]] I) Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τρ. τὴν αἰτίαν, τὴν ὀργὴν εἴς τινα to [[divert]] the [[blame]], the [[anger]] [[upon]] [[another]], Isae., Dem.:—Pass., in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τρέποιτο [[ἐμοί]] on my [[head]] be it! Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[turn]] [[another]] way, to [[alter]], [[change]], νόον, φρένας Hom., etc.; ἐς [[γέλων]] τρ. τὸ [[πρᾶγμα]] Ar.:—Pass. to be changed, [[change]], Hom., etc.; c. acc. cogn., τρεπόμενος τροπάς undergoing changes, Aeschin.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[turn]] or put to [[flight]], [[rout]], [[defeat]], Il., Hdt., etc.; τρ. [[φύγαδε]], Lat. convertere in fugam, Il.; τρ. ἐς φυγήν Eur.;—so, in aor1 mid., to put an [[enemy]] to [[flight]], Xen.:—Pass. to be put to [[flight]], [[turn]] and [[flee]], Aesch., Xen., etc.; so in Mid., ἐς φυγὴν [[τραπέσθαι]] Hdt., Thuc.:—also intr. in Act., φύγαδ' ἔτραπε Il.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to [[turn]] [[away]], [[keep]] off, [[hinder]], τρ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τείχεος Il.; [[βέλος]] ἔτραπεν ἄλληι Il.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> to [[overturn]], like [[ἀνατρέπω]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> to [[turn]], [[apply]], τρ. τι ἐς [[ἄλλο]] τι Hdt.; ποῦ τέτροφας τὰς [[ἐμβάδας]]; [[what]] [[have]] you made of [[your]] shoes? Ar.:—Pass., ποῖ τρέπεται τὰ χρήματα; Ar.