τροπή
Alt. τροπή, ἡ,
Etym. τρέπω
I. "a turn, turning":
1. 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.
2. "a turn, change", = μεταβολή, Aeschin., Plut.
3. τροπαὶ λέξεως "a change" of speech "by figures or tropes" (τρόποι), Luc.
II. "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.