tropicus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.