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τροπικός

τροπικός, of the solstice

τροπ-ικός, ή, όν, (τροπή)
  • of the solstice, ὁ τ. (sc. κύκλος) the tropic or solstice as marked on the sphere, Arist. Mete. 343a14 (with κύκλος, Jul. Or. 4.147c); τ. χειμερινός, θερινός, Porph. Antr. 21; ζῶναι Placit. 3.11.4; οἱ τ. (sc. κύκλοι) Arist. Mete. 345a6, 346a14, al., cf. Arat. 528, Plu. Def.orac. 2.429f; τὰ τ. ζῴδια the signs of the zodiac in which the solstices and the equinoxes are situated, S.E. M. 5.6; so τ. ζῷα Man. 2.382; and abs., τροπικά Id. 3.41, 6.359; but used of Cancer and Capricorn only, opp. ἰσημερινά (Aries and Libra), Ptol. Tetr. 31, etc.
      • 2 of Time, of or at the solstice, αἱ τ. ἡμέραι, οἱ τ. μῆνες, Arist. HA 544a33, 558b14.
    • II Rhet., tropical, figurative, τ. λέξις a figurative expression, D.H. Th. 23, etc.; τὸ ποιητικὸν καὶ τ. Phld. Rh. 1.157 S.; αἱ τ. tropes, Longin. 32.6. Adv. -κῶς Phld. Rh. 1.154 S., Ath. 3.76c.
      • 2 in Stoic Logic τροπικόν = συνημμένον ἢ διεζευγμένον ἀξίωμα (v. συνάπτω A. III.3, διαζεύγνυμι 1), Stoic. 2.77, al., Arr Epict. 1.29.40.

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