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
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...hominum mille cecidisset; quam ob causam postero die tropaeum posuit, quo loco pridie pugnatum erat. Hinc cum castra..."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..."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..."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..."