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
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..."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..."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..."
