English Explanatory Dictionary

tropæum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monument erected (originally on the field of battle) by the prevailing army (without Senatical grant — contrast triumph) to commemorate victory in war, featuring spoils taken from the enemy (especially the personal arms of the vanquished general), and dedicated to an appropriate god (such as Mars).

Pronunciation

trōpēʹəm /tɹəʊˈpiːəm/

Word forms

tropæum tropæa tropheum trophæum tropæon

Etymology

From the Latin tropaeum (“trophy”, “tropæum”). Doublet of trophy.

Related words

trophæal
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