trŏpaeum or trŏphaeum, i, n., = τροπαιον.
I 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.—
II Transf.
A 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. —
B 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.