English → Latin
“trophy” in Latin
tropaeuma trophy, victory memorial; a victory; a mark, token, monumentstatuōto put up (something); to stand (something) in an upright position; to establish, determine, fix (the form or character sistōto cause to stand; to set; to place; to stop, to halt; to place oneself; to standcōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, construct
The English word trophy itself goes back to Latin tropaeum, through trophaeum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
trophy
tropaeum (Cic.). To erect a trophy, tropaeum ponere, statuere, sistere, constituere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for trophy?
- The usual Latin words for “trophy” are tropaeum, statuō, sistō; also cōnstituō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.