tropæum

• tropheum [16^th C.]
• trophæum [17^th–19^th CC.]
• tropæon [19^th C.]

From the Latin tropaeum (“trophy”, “tropæum”). Doublet of trophy.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trōpēʹəm, IPA^(key): /tɹəʊˈpiːəm/

tropæum (plural tropæa)

1. (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).

• trophæal

• “‖tropæum” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]