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τροπικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τροπικός

Structure: τροπικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: troph/

Sense

  1. of or pertaining to a turn or change
  2. of or pertaining to the solstice
  3. of or pertaining to a trope or figure

Examples

  • Σοφοκλῆσ δ’ ἐν Ἑλένησ Γάμῳ τροπικῶσ τῷ τοῦ δένδρου ὀνόματι τὸν καρπὸν ἐκάλεσεν εἰπών πέπων ἐρινὸσ ἀχρεῖοσ ὢν ἐσ βρῶσιν ἄλλουσ ἐξερινάζεισ λόγῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 652)

Synonyms

  1. of or pertaining to a turn or change

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