τροπαῖος
α, ον
A.
of a turning or change (cf. τροπαία, ἡ).
II.
of or for defeat (τροπή 11), τροπαῖά τ’ ἐχθρῶν καὶ πόλει σωτήρια (sc. σφάγια) E. Heracl. 402; Ζεὺς Τ., as giver of victory, S. Ant. 143 (anap.), Tr. 303, E. Heracl. 867, IG 22.1028.27; hence στήσαιεν Ζηνὶ τροπαῖον ἕδος ib.2.2717.
2.
causing rout, appalling, Ἕκτορος ὄμμασι τροπαῖοι, i. e. terrible to the eyes of Hector, E. El. 469 (lyr.), cf. 1174.—Cf. τρόπαιον.