noun · masculinesecond declension
triumphus
triumphus m (genitive triumphī)
Classical[triˈʊm.pʰʊs]Ecclesiastical[triˈum.fus]
Meaning
- masculinea hymn in honor of Bacchus (translating Greek θρίαμβος (thríambos))
- masculinevocativetriumpe (a ritual exclamation of the Arval Brothers)
- masculinethe Roman Triumph (a ceremonial procession in celebration of a military victory)
At audistis, patres conscripti, philosophi vocem: negavit se triumphi cupidum umquam fuisse.
But Conscript Fathers, you heard the voice of the philosopher: he denied that he has ever had the desire for a triumph.55 BCE, Cicero, In Pisonem 24quid? non et Caesar dictator triumphi sui cena vini Falerni amphoras, Chii cados in convivia distribuit?
What? Did not Caesar the dictator distribute amphoras of Falernian wine at the feast at his triumph, and jars of Chian at the banquet?77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 14.17.97 - masculinetriumph, celebration (any celebration of victory)
Ille Graeciae servator et vindex Persarum orientisque domitor, cui modo tam insignem triumphum Fortuna de hoste detulerat
That saviour of Greece and victor over the Persians, vanquisher of the Orient, whom Fortune had just conferred so signal a triumph over his foec. 37 CE – 41 CE, Seneca Maior, Controversiae 9.6
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pompa maxima victōriae Rōmānaetriumphus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3
pompa victōris Rōmānatriumphus -ī (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 16
triumph
triumphus -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 1, 3, 5, 14, 16, 19, 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triumphus | triumphī |
| genitive | triumphī | triumphōrum |
| dative | triumphō | triumphīs |
| accusative | triumphum | triumphōs |
| ablative | triumphō | triumphīs |
| vocative | triumphe | triumphī |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- per triumphum (in triumpho) aliquem ducere
- to lead some one in triumph.
- triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)
- the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph.
- triumphum agere de or ex aliquo or c. Gen. (victoriae, pugnae)
- to triumph over some one.
triumphus (in the earliest per. written triumpus;
I. v. the foll.; and cf. Cic. Or. 48, 160; Quint. 1, 5, 20; and the letter P), i, m. cf. θρίαμβος, a hymn in honor of Bacchus.
I. TRIVMPE, an exclamation used in the solemn processions of the Arval brothers: ENOS MARMOR IVVATO. TRIVMPE, TRIVMPE, TRIVMPE, Carm. Fratr. Arv. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2270.—
II. A solemn and magnificent entrance of a general into Rome after having obtained an important victory, a triumphal procession, triumph (cf. Smith, Antiq. 1163 sqq.):
disseres de triumpho. Quid tandem habet iste currus? quid vincti ante currum duces! quid simulacra oppidorum? quid aurum? etc., Cic. Pis. 25, 60; cf. Liv. 34, 52, 4; cf. id. 3, 29, 4: triumphum deportare, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78: ne in triumpho duceretur, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118: Gallos Caesar in triumphum ducit, Suet. Caes. 80: senatus cum triumphum Africano decerneret, id. Fin. 4, 9, 22: de classe populi Romani triumphum agere, id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 100; Liv. 45, 38, 11: triumphum ex Etruriā agere, id. 6, 7, 4: deportare triumphum ex provinciā, Nep. Cato, 2: Boiorum triumphi spem collegae reliquit, for a victory over the Boii, Liv. 33, 37, 10; cf.: Pharsalicae pugnae ne triumphum quidem egit, Cic. Phil. 14, 8, 23: per triumphum aliquem ducere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67; Sall. H. 4, 61, 8 Dietsch: triumpho clarissimo urbem est invectus, Liv. 30, 45, 2: elephantos ducere in triumpho, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139: (res) justissimi triumphi, i. e. worthy of a triumph, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3: qui (Pompeius) tot habet triumphos, quot orae sunt partesque terrarum, Cic. Balb. 4, 9: albi greges ... Romanos ad templa deūm duxere triumphos, i. e. were carried before the processions, Verg. G. 2, 148.—The shout of the soldiery and the multitude on occasion of these triumphal processions was: Io triumphe, Hor. C. 4, 2, 49 and 50; id. Epod. 9, 21; 9, 23; cf. Liv. 45, 38, 12; Suet. Caes. 49; 51.—B. Trop., a triumph, victory:
ut repulsam tuam triumphum suum duxerint, Cic. Vatin. 16, 39: luxuriae (gen. subj.), Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 14: de se ipso, Just. 14, 4, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
triumphus (old, triumpus) ī, m
cf. θρίαμβος, a triumphal procession, triumph, celebration of victory by a public entrance into Rome : res bellicae triumpho dignae: senatus cum triumphum Africano decerneret: ex provinciā triumphum deportavit, N.: Boiorum triumphi spem collegae reliquit, over the Boii , L.: triumpho clarissimo urbem est invectus, L.: tot habet triumphos, quot sunt partes terrarum: ducere triumphos, i. e. head the processions , V.: Io triumphe (the shout of the people saluting the conqueror), H.—Fig., a celebration of victory, triumph, victory : de classe populi R. triumphum agere: pro triumpho nihil a vobis nisi huius temporis memoriam postulo.
Origins
From Old Latin triumpus, via Etruscan *𐌈𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌌𐌐𐌄 (*θriampe), ultimately from Ancient Greek θρῐ́ᾰμβος (thrĭ́ămbos, “a hymn to Bacchus; a Roman triumph”).
Descendants
- Catalantriomf
- GermanTriumph
- Italiantrionfo
- Englishtriumphfrom Old French triomphe
- Frenchtriomphefrom Old French triomphe
- Englishtrumpfrom Old French triomphe
- Portuguesetriunfo
- Romaniantriumf
- Romaniantrufă
- Spanishtriunfo