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tropus

tropus · m

a figurative use of a word

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 38 · 2.21/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

trŏpus — Lewis & Short

trŏpus, i, m., = tro/pos.

I In rhet., a figurative use of a word, a trope (postAug. for translatio, verborum immutatio), Quint. 9, 1, 4 sq.; 9, 2, 44 sq.; 9, 3, 20 al.—

II A manner of singing, a song, Ven. Carm. 10, 10, 54; 10, 10, 60; 10, 12, 4.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tropus (scan p. 728; entry #12125).

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