tropus
See also: trópus
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tropus m
- trope (figure of speech)
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
- *tropō (Vulgar Latin)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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, 1883–1887)
- tropus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette