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to⋅pos

  [toh-pohs, ‑pos]
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–noun, plural ‑poi  [‑poi] .
a convention or motif, esp. in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
Origin:
1935–40; < Gk (koinós) tópos (common) place
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to·pos   (tō'pōs, -pŏs)   
n.   pl. to·poi (-poi)
A traditional theme or motif; a literary convention.

[Greek, short for (koinos) topos, (common)place.]
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