triumphalis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

trĭumphālis, e, adj. [triumpho],

of or be longing to a triumph , triumphal : provincia, i. e. the conquest of which entitled the general to a triumph , Cic. Pis. 19, 44: porta, through which the triumphing general entered Rome , id. ib. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 100: pictā Veste triumphales senes, Ov. F. 6, 364: currus, a triumphal chariot , Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96: corona, which the triumphant person wore , id. 22, 3, 4, § 6; cf. vestes, id. 8, 48, 74, § 195: statua, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1: ornamenta (usually consisting of a corona aurea, toga picta, tunica palmata, scipio eburneus, etc.; v. Liv. 10, 7, 9, and 30, 15, 11), Suet. Aug. 38; id. Claud. 24; id. Ner. 15.—Also absol. : trĭ-umphālĭa , the triumphal ornaments (and under the emperors also granted to a general without the ceremonies of a triumph), Tac. H. 4, 4; Vell. 2, 116: ornatus, Suet. Calig. 52: habitus, Quint. 11, 1, 3: in triumphali miscetur auro, i. e. in the triumphal garments , Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 127: cena, id. 9, 55, 81, § 171 et saep.: vir, who has had the honors of a triumph , Vell. 2, 6, 4; cf. senex, Ov. F. 6, 364; and, more freq., absol. : trĭ-umphālis , is, m., one who has had the honors of a triumph , Suet. Caes. 4; id. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 30; 35; Quint. 11, 1, 36 al.: imagines, i. e. of generals who had celebrated a triumph , Hor. Epod. 8, 12; cf. statua, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 1: fornix, Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 12.

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