tropis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tropus, tropi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
trope, figure of speech, figurative use of word; song, manner of singing (L+S);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →tropos, tropi:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
trope, figure of speech, figurative use of word; song, manner of singing (L+S);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...proximo libro de tropis dictum, sequitur pertinens ad figuras (quae schemata Graece vocantur) locus ipsa rei natura coniunctus..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Reddam nunc quam proximam esse dixeram partem de tropis, quos motus clarissimi nostrorum auctores vocant. Horum tradere praecepta..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...similitudine, dum brevi, et tralatione atque aliis tropis, quae omnia cauti illi ac diligentes prohibent, utemur interim, nisi..."
