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- Latin · derived fromtropaeum“trophy”, “tropæum”
- English todaytropæum
From the Latin tropaeum (“trophy”, “tropæum”). Doublet of trophy.
Words from the same roots
Latintropaeum all →
trophæal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tropæum
Today it means: 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). Full definition →
Latin tropaeum