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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of a turn; of the solstice; of a trope”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tropicus (feminine tropica, neuter tropicum); first/second-declension adjective
- relating to a turning, to change; (Medieval Latin) changeable
- (rhetoric) relating to tropes; figurative, metaphorical
- (relational) solstice, equinox
- (transferred sense) tropical
- abdita silva tropica ― jungle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “tropicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tropicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tropicus” on page 1981/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “tropicus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC