adjective greek

trŏpĭcus

fem. trŏpĭca · neut. trŏpĭcum

= τροπικός.

belonging to a turn; turning; tropical •

Lit., of or belonging to a turn or turning, tropical: Capricornus, i. e. where the sun turns back, Aus. Idyll. 16, 7; cf. id. Ecl. de Ratione Diei Anni, 2; Manil. 3, 614.—

figuratively

Trop. *

changes; alterations •

trŏpĭca, ōrum, n., changes, alterations: pecuniae cupiditas haec tropica instituit, Petr. 88.—

figurative; metaphorical; tropical •

In the later rhet. lang., figurative, metaphorical, tropical (late Lat.): figura, Gell. 13, 24, 31: locutiones, Aug. contra Mendac. 10.—Adv.: trŏpĭcē, figuratively: loqui maluit, Aug. Genes. ad Lit. 4, 9.

Perseus ID: n49289 Key: tropicus