trŏpŏlŏgĭcus

I. figurative, tropical, tropological (late Lat.): tropologicum et figuratum genus, Sid. Ep. 9, 3 med.: interpretatio, Hier. adv. Joan. Hierosol. 7.—Adv.: trŏpŏlŏ-gĭcē, figuratively, metaphorically: exponere aliquid, Hier. in Soph. 1, 8; id. in Ezech. 1, 6, 2.