tropicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of a turn; of the solstice; of a trope”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pi.kus/, [ˈt̪rɔpɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtro.pi.kus/, [ˈt̪rɔːpikus]

Adjective

tropicus (feminine tropica, neuter tropicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. relating to a turning, to change; (Medieval Latin) changeable
2. (rhetoric) relating to tropes; figurative, metaphorical
3. (relational) solstice, equinox
4. (transferred sense) tropical

   abdita silva tropica ― jungle

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tropicus	tropica	tropicum		tropicī	tropicae	tropica
Genitive	tropicī	tropicae	tropicī		tropicōrum	tropicārum	tropicōrum
Dative	tropicō		tropicō		tropicīs
Accusative	tropicum	tropicam	tropicum		tropicōs	tropicās	tropica
Ablative	tropicō	tropicā	tropicō		tropicīs
Vocative	tropice	tropica	tropicum		tropicī	tropicae	tropica

Derived terms

• tropicē

Descendants

• → English: tropic, trop.; tropick; Tropic
• → Finnish: trooppinen
• French: tropique
  • → Polish: tropik
  • → Romanian: tropic
  • → Turkish: tropik

References

• “tropicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tropicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tropicus” on page 1981/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “tropicus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC