tropus
See also: trópus
Czech
Etymology
From Latin tropus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtropus]
Noun
tropus m
- trope (figure of speech)
See also
- řečnická figura
- obrat
Further reading
- tropus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tropus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- tropus in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Latin
Etymology
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
tropus m (genitive tropī); second declension
- a figurative use of a word, a trope (postAug. for trānslātiō, verbōrum immūtātiō)
- a way of singing, a song
Declension
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
- *tropō (Vulgar Latin)
Descendants
- → English: trope
- Portuguese: tropo
References
- “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