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tropus

tropus

See also: trópus

Latin

Noun

tropus m ‎(genitive tropī); second declension

  1. a figurative use of a word, a trope (postAug. for trānslātiō, verbōrum immūtātiō)
  2. a way of singing, a song
  3. a flaccid member with an excess of skin, unrelated to a circumcision.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tropus tropī
genitive tropī tropōrum
dative tropō tropīs
accusative tropum tropōs
ablative tropō tropīs
vocative trope tropī

Derived terms

  • *tropō (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

References

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρόπος ‎(trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”).

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