trŏpaeum | trŏphaeum (noun N) = τροπαιον: or , , , = .
* Lit., a sign and memorial of victory, a trophy; orig. a trunk of a tree, on which were fixed the arms, shields, helmets, etc., taken from the enemy; afterwards made of stone and ornamented in the same manner,Cic. Pis. 38, 92: statuere,id. Inv. 2, 23, 69: devictis Hispanis tropaea in jugis constituit,Sall. H. 4, 29 Dietsch: in modum tropaeorum arma imposuit,Tac. A. 2, 18 fin.: sistere Romae tropaea de Parthis,id. ib. 15, 18; Suet. Caes. 11; id. Claud. 1; id. Calig. 45; Verg. A. 11, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 379; Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3; 2, 2, 3.
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* A victory: nova Cantemus Augusti tropaea Caesaris,Hor. C. 2, 9, 19: tulit e capto nota tropaea viro,Ov. H. 9, 104; 17, 242; id. R. Am. 158: victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit compararitropaeo,Nep. Them. 5, 3; cf.: nostra sunt tropaea, nostra monimenta, nostri triumphi,Cic. Arch. 9, 21; Val. Max. 8, 14, ext. 1.
* A mark, token, sign, memorial, monument: tropaeum necessitudinis atque hospitii,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115: Maecenatis erunt vera tropaea fides,Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 34.