tropaeum

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See also: tropæum

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tropaeum n (genitive tropaeī); second declension

  1. a trophy, victory memorial
  2. (figuratively) a victory
  3. a mark, token, monument

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: tropæum

Via Late Latin trophaeum:

References

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  • tropaeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tropaeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tropaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tropaeum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tropaeum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin