Lexical Definition

‎τροπή‎ tropḗ (trop-ay') turning ^G:N-F
from an apparently primary to turn

turning.

• a turn ("trope"), i.e. revolution (figuratively, variation)

Abbott-Smith

τροπή, -ῆς, ἡ (< τρέπω), [in LXX: De 33:14, Jb 38:33, Wi 7:18, al. ;]
a turning: esp. of the revolution of heavenly bodies, fig., Ja 1:17 (v.s. ἀποσκίασμα).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τροπή-ή, ἡ,

(τρέπω) turn, turning:

__I τροπήαὶ ἠελίοιο:
__I.a ὅθι τροπήαὶ ἠελίοιο apparently denotes a point on the horizon, probably the West or place where the sum sets (so [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.b each of two fixed points in the solar year, the solstices, first in [τροπήῇς ">Refs 8th c.BC+]at the time of the (winter) solstice, [τροπήὰς ἠελ. [prev. work]564,663 (with \_Doric dialect\_ \_accusative\_ \_plural\_ in -ᾰς); πεδὰ τὰς τροπήάς 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 33.5:—later the two solstices were distinguished as τροπήαὶ θεριναί and χειμεριναί, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 767c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542b4ff, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.405, etc. (rarely in \_sing.\_, τροπήὴ θερινή 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 364b2, 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 1.13 ">Refs 7th c.BC+]; τ. χειμερινή[τροπήαὶ νότιοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542b11 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. βόρειοι, νότιοι, [Refs 1st c.AD+] —when τροπήαί is used alone, it mostly refers to the winter solstice, but the sense is always determined by the context, see [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same places]; περὶ ἡλίου τροπήάς (i.e. χειμερινάς) [τροπήῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542b20 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]:—sometimes also of other heavenly bodies, [τροπήάς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542b23, etc.; ἄστρων ἐπιτολάς, δύσεις, τροπήάς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 30.5; τροπήὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 296b4; τροπήαὶ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.40U.:—sometimes four in number (the two equinoxes and two solstices), 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).22; so (on a sun-dial) θερινὴ τ., ἰσημερινὴ τ., χειμερινὴ τ., Ἀρχ.Δελτ. 12.236 (from Samos). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 turn, change, [τροπήὰς τοῦ Εὐρίπου 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.90 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον turn for the better, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ περὶ τὸν ἀέρα τ. changes in the air or weather, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of wine, a turning sour, [τροπήίας)">Refs]; going bad, of food, τ. καὶ διαφθορὰ τῶν παρακειμένων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of phonetic change in language, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.3 τροπήαὶ λέξεως a change of speech by figures or tropes (τρόποι), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.4 αἱ τροπήαί, ={αἱ τροπήαῖαι}, alternating winds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II the turning about of the enemy, putting to flight or routing him, τροπήήν (or τροπήάς) τινος ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαι put one to flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἵαν ἂν τροπήὴν Εὐρυσθέως θείμην (θείην codices) [τροπήὴ γινομένη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.167, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.49, 50, etc.: poetry, ἐν μάχης τροπήῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1237 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τροπήῇ δορός in the rout caused by the spear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III used by [Refs 3rd c.AD+] position, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV a coin, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare τροπήαϊκόν.