tropon
Dictionary entries
- 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);
acc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...quoque subtilissime argutissimeque decem libros composuit, quos Pyrrhoneion tropon inscribit. VI. Vetus autem quaestio et a multis scriptoribus..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tamen notandum, coire frequenter in easdem sententias et tropon et figuram: tam enim tralatis verbis quam propriis figuratur..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...negatur, sed quia iusta ratione sit factum defenditur: tropon, cum id, quod alio modo fieri licet, alio dicitur..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...putat (nam et dicit his uerbis touton ton tropon, on hymeis politeyesthe), ueram autem et honestam intellegit; itaque..."