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# How did the Greek 'tropos' evolve to the Latin 'tropus'?
Tags: etymology, latin, greek
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- Asked: 2015-08-06
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## Question
Etymology [ of French 'trouver' ]
From Old French trover, truver,
from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō,
from Latin tropus; confer trope.
Etymology [ of Latin 'tropus' ]
From Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”).
[Source:] trŏpus , i, m., = τρόπος.
I. In rhet., a figurative use of a word, a trope
II. A manner of singing, a song
What semantic notions underlie "figure of speech" (in τρόπος) with "song/a way of singing" (in 'tropus'). Regular human speech differs from singing?
## Answers
### Answer by limetom (score: 2)
An aside to begin with: these were fully explained in the sources you gave. If they are confusing, please ask about how their presentation of their etymologies/their logic, etc., is confusing to you, rather than just asking about the etymology itself. It saves everyone confusion and repeat que
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