adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tropicus
tropicus (feminine tropica, neuter tropicum)
Classical[ˈtrɔ.pɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtrɔː.pi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelating to a turning, to change; (Medieval Latin) changeable
- adjectiverhetoricrelating to tropes; figurative, metaphorical
- adjectiverelationalsolstice, equinox
- adjectivetropical
abdita silva tropica
jungle
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tropicus | tropica | tropicum |
| genitive | tropicī | tropicae | tropicī |
| dative | tropicō | tropicae | tropicō |
| accusative | tropicum | tropicam | tropicum |
| ablative | tropicō | tropicā | tropicō |
| vocative | tropice | tropica | tropicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tropicī | tropicae | tropica |
| genitive | tropicōrum | tropicārum | tropicōrum |
| dative | tropicīs | tropicīs | tropicīs |
| accusative | tropicōs | tropicās | tropica |
| ablative | tropicīs | tropicīs | tropicīs |
| vocative | tropicī | tropicae | tropica |
trŏpĭcus, a, um, adj., = τροπικός.
I. 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.—II. Trop. *
A. trŏpĭca, ōrum, n., changes, alterations:
pecuniae cupiditas haec tropica instituit, Petr. 88.—B. 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.Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós, “of a turn; of the solstice; of a trope”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).
Descendants
- Englishtropic
- Englishtrop.
- Englishtropick
- EnglishTropic
- Frenchtropique
- Romaniantropicfrom French tropique
- Italiantropico
- Portuguesetrópico
- Spanishtrópico
- Finnishtrooppinen
In English words that came into English from tropicus
- tropictropicus