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.