tropaeum

See also: tropæum

Latin

Alternative forms
  • trophaeum

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /troˈpae̯.um/, [trɔˈpae̯.ũ]

Noun

tropaeum n (genitive tropaeī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tropaeum tropaea
Genitive tropaeī tropaeōrum
Dative tropaeō tropaeīs
Accusative tropaeum tropaea
Ablative tropaeō tropaeīs
Vocative tropaeum tropaea

Derived terms
  • tropaeātus

Descendants

References
  • 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
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