tropus

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

trŏpus, i, m., = τρόπος.

I In rhet., a figurative use of a word , a trope (postAug. for translatio, verborum immutatio), Quint. 9, 1, 4 sq.; 9, 2, 44 sq.; 9, 3, 20 al.—

II A manner of singing , a song , Ven. Carm. 10, 10, 54; 10, 10, 60; 10, 12, 4.