tropaeum

See also: tropæum

Latin

Alternative forms

• trophaeum

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /troˈpae̯.um/, [t̪rɔˈpäe̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /troˈpe.um/, [t̪roˈpɛːum]

Noun

tropaeum n (genitive tropaeī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

• → English: tropæum

Via Late Latin trophaeum:

• Albanian: trofe
• Catalan: trofeu
• Galician: trofeo
• German: Trophäe
  • → Estonian: trofee
  • → Hungarian: trófea
• Indonesian: trofi
• Italian: trofeo
• Macedonian: трофеј (trofej)
• Middle French: trophée
  • French: trophée
    • → Norwegian: trofé
    • → Romanian: trofeu
    • → Swedish: trofé
  • → Dutch: trofee
    • Afrikaans: trofee
  • → English: trophy
    • → Japanese: トロフィー (torofī)
    • → Korean: 트로피 (teuropi)
    • → Malayalam: ട്രോഫി (ṭrōphi)
• Occitan: trofèu
• Piedmontese: trofé
• Polish: trofeum
• Portuguese: troféu
• Russian: трофей (trofej)
  • → Bulgarian: трофей (trofej)
• Serbo-Croatian: trofej / трофеј
• Spanish: trofeo
• Ukrainian: трофей (trofej)
• Yiddish: טראָפֿיי (trofey)

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