tropaeum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tropaeum, tropaei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
trophy; monument (set up to mark victory/rout) (often captured armor); victory;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- C
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...hominum mille cecidisset; quam ob causam postero die tropaeum posuit, quo loco pridie pugnatum erat. Hinc cum castra..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...eburneus auro ac purpura stratus et ad caput tropaeum cum veste, in qua fuerat occisus. Praeferentibus munera, quia..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fulgentiaque induit arma, Mezenti ducis exuvias, tibi magne tropaeum bellipotens; aptat rorantis sanguine cristas telaque trunca viri..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arma Serestus lecta refert umeris tibi, rex Gradiue, tropaeum. Instaurant acies Volcani stirpe creatus Caeculus et veniens Marsorum..."