"tropus" meaning in Latin

See tropus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:der|grc:τρόπος}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*trep-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τρέπω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-os", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ος", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τρόπος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tropus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tropus">, {{der|la|grc|τρόπος||a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic}} 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”) Head templates: {{la-noun|tropus<2>}} tropus m (genitive tropī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tropus<2>}} Forms: tropī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tropus [nominative, singular], tropī [nominative, plural], tropī [genitive, singular], tropōrum [genitive, plural], tropō [dative, singular], tropīs [dative, plural], tropum [accusative, singular], tropōs [accusative, plural], tropō [ablative, singular], tropīs [ablative, plural], trope [singular, vocative], tropī [plural, vocative]
  1. a figurative use of a word, a trope (postAug. for trānslātiō, verbōrum immūtātiō) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tropus-la-noun-9SQx72hl Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 71 29 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 51 49
  2. a way of singing, a song Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tropus-la-noun-wsWJk~sJ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *tropō [Latin, vulgar]

Inflected forms

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          "translatio#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "verbōrum",
          "verborum#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "immūtātiō",
          "immutatio#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a way of singing, a song"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singing",
          "singing"
        ],
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tropus"
}

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