tropæumの英語

語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trōpēʹəm, IPA: /tɹəʊˈpiːəm/

名詞

tropæum (plural tropæa)

1. (historical) 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).

関連する語

• trophæal

参照

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tropæum”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.