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‖ tropæum|trəʊˈpiːəm| Also 6 tropheum, 7–9 trophæum, 9 tropæon. [L. tropæum, trophæum, ad. Gr. τρόπαιον trophy.] = trophy. (Now only Antiq., in lit. sense.)
1549Compl. Scot. xvii. 149 This last tryumphe of laure tre vas callit tropheum, quhilk singnifeis ane ioyful victoree. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 307 They..enacted in their Chapter house, that..Saint Cuthbertes feast (as a Tropheum of their victorie) shoulde be holden double, both in their Church and Kitchen. 1847J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §200 (1850) 189 Below, a tropæon is erected by Roman legionaries and auxiliaries. 1901Athenæum 5 Jan. 24/2 [The] massive foundations..are too deep and strong for anything but a very large tower of trophæum. |