The corpus record

μετάτροπ-ος

metatropos

turning about, returning

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Where it lives

Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k

What it meant

μετάτροπ-ος · metatrop-os — LSJ

turning about, returning, veering

turning about, returning, μ. ἐκ βυθοῦ ἔρρων AP 7.506.5 (Leon.), cf. Call. Del. 99; μ. αὖραι veering winds, E. El. 1147 (lyr.); πολέμου μ. αὔρα Ar. Pax 945 (lyr.).

2 turning round upon, that turn upon their author, are visited with vengeance

turning round upon, δαίμων μ. ἐπί τινι A. Pers. 943 (lyr.); μετάτροπα ἔργα deeds that turn upon their author or are visited with vengeance, Hes. Th. 89.

In the wild

μετάτροπος · metatropos Aeschylus, Persians 942–943
μετάτροπος · metatropos Aristophanes, Peace 1 (DIORISIS sentence 658)
μετάτροποι · metatropoi Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 741)
μετάτροπα · metatropa Theogony 88–90

Where it came from

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