tropæumの英語

別の表記

• tropheum [16^th C.]
• trophæum [17^th–19^th CC.]
• tropæon [19^th C.]

語源

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

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: trōpēʹəm, IPA^(key): /tɹəʊˈpiːəm/

名詞

tropæum (複数形 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

• “‖tropæum” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]