tropæum

== English == === Alternative forms === tropheum [16th C.] trophæum [17th–19th CC.] tropæon [19th C.] === Etymology === From the Latin tropaeum (“trophy”, “tropæum”). Doublet of trophy. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trōpēʹəm, IPA(key): /tɹəʊˈpiːəm/ === Noun === tropæum (plural tropæa) (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). ==== Related terms ==== trophæal === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tropæum”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.