tropæum

UK/tɹəʊˈpiːəm/

noun

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).

OriginLatin tropaeum →
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Meanings

nountropæum (plural tropæa)

plural tropæa · alternative tropheum · alternative trophæum · alternative tropæon

  1. historicalA 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).

Origin

  1. Latintropaeum“trophy”, “tropæum”
  2. Englishtropæum

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

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