tropai`o"
tropai`o" , a, on , of or for defeat ( trophv II ), ejcqrw`n quvein tropai`a ( sc. iJerav ) a sacrifice for their defeat, Eur .; Zeu;" Tr ., as giver of victory, Soph.
2.
causing rout,
{Ektoro" o[mmasi tropai`oi
, i.e.
terrible
to the eyes of Hector,
Eur.
II.
like
ajpotrovpaio"
,
averting,
Lat.
averruncus
,
Zeuv"
Soph.
tropaiofovro"
tropaio-fovro" , on , ( fevrw ) bearing trophies, Plut.
trovpali"
trovpa<Eth>li" , ido", hJ , a bundle, bunch, skorovdwn tr . a bunch of garlic, Ar. (Deriv. unknown.)
tropevw
tropevw , poët. form for trevpw to turn, Il.
trophv
trophv , hJ , ( trevpw ) a turn, turning:
1. tropai; hjelivoio 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 tropai; hjelivoio as denoting a point in the heavens, prob. to the westward, Od.; tropai; qerinaiv and ceimerinaiv , Hdt. , Att. :—when tropaiv is used alone, it mostly refers to the winter solstice, peri; hJlivou tropav" ( sc. ceimerinav" ) Thuc.
2.
a turn, change,
=
metabolhv
,
Aeschin.
,
Plut.
3.
tropai; levxew"
a change
of speech
by figueres
or
tropes
(
trovpoi
),
Luc.
II.
the turning of the enemy, putting
him
to flight, a rout,
trophvn
(or
tropav"
)
tino" poiei`n
or
poiei`sqai
to put one to
flight,
Hdt
.,
Ar.
,
etc.
;
troph; givgnetai
Hdt
.;
ejn troph`/ dorov"
in the rout
caused by the spear,
Soph.
tropikov"
tropikov" , hv, ovn , ( trophv ) of the solstice, oJ tropikov" ( sc. kuvklo" ) the tropic or solstice, Arist .; aiJ tr. hJmevrai Id.
II. in Rhetoric, tropical, figurative.
trovpi" , hJ, trovpio" , acc. trovpin , ( trevpw ) a ships keel, Od., Hdt. ; trovpei" qevsqai to lay the keel, Plut. ; and metaph. , levge th;n trovpin tou` pravgmato" Ar.
tropov"
tropov" , oJ , ( trevpw ) a twisted leathern thong, with which the oar was fastened to the thole, Od.
trovpo"
trovpo" , oJ , ( trevpw ) a turn, direction, course, way, Hdt.
II. a way, manner, fashion, trovpw/ toiw`/de in such wise, Hdt .; tivni trovpw/ ; Lat. quomodo ? how? Aesch. , etc. ; poivw/ tr .; Id.; eJniv ge tw`/ tr . in one way or other, Ar. ; panti; trovpw/ by all means, Aesch. ; oujdeni; tr., mhdeni; tr . in no wise, by no means, on no account, Hdt ., etc. :—so in pl. , trovpoisi poivoi" ; Soph. ; nauklhvrou trovpoi" Id.
2. absol. in acc. , tivna trovpon ; how? Ar .; tr. tinav in a manner, Eur .; oujdevna, mhdevna tr . Xen. ; pivtuo" trovpon after the manner of a pine, Hdt. ; in pl. , kecwvristai tou;" trovpou" in its ways,