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
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...quoque subtilissime argutissimeque decem libros composuit, quos Pyrrhoneion tropon inscribit. VI. Vetus autem quaestio et a multis scriptoribus..."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..."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..."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..."