tropus

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See also: trópus

Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin tropus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tropus m inan

  1. trope (figure of speech)

Declension

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See also

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Further reading

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  • tropus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • tropus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • tropus in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic).

Noun

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tropus m (genitive tropī); second declension

  1. a figurative use of a word, a trope (postAug. for trānslātiō, verbōrum immūtātiō)
  2. a way of singing, a song

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tropus tropī
Genitive tropī tropōrum
Dative tropō tropīs
Accusative tropum tropōs
Ablative tropō tropīs
Vocative trope tropī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: trope
  • Portuguese: tropo

References

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  • tropus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tropus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tropus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.