τροπαία

A. an alternating wind, esp. one which blows back from sea to land, opp. ἀπογεία, Arist. Pr. 940b22, 945a6, Thphr. Vent. 31,53; tropaei (venti), Plin. HN 2.114; τ. is said to have meant ἡ ἐναντία πνοή in S. Fr. 1103 (where τριπαία, τρίπαια, τριπαῖα codd.).

II. metaph., λήματος, φρενὸς τροπαία, a change in the spirit of one's heart or mind, A. Th. 706, Ag. 219 (both lyr.); but τ. κακῶν a change from, release from . . , Id. Ch. 775.