triumph, triumphe

[O. Fr. triumphe; Fr. triomphe, from Lat. triumphum, acc us. of tri umph us a triumph; cogn. with Gr. thriambos =a hymn to Bacchus, sung in festal proce ions in his honor; Sp. & Port. triunfo; Ital. trionfo. Triumph and trump are doublets.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Pomp of any kind. -Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II., ii. 4. "When thou didst ride in triumph through the streets." *2. A public festivity or exhibition of any kind; as an exhibition of masks, a tournament, a pageant. "Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs are." Shakesp.: Pericles , ii. 2 3. In the same sense as II. "Beforen his triumphe walketh she With gilte chaines on hire necke honging." Chaucer: C. Т. , 14,369. 4. The state of being victorious. "Hail to the chief, who in triumph advances." Scott: Lady of the Lake , ii. 19. 5. Victory, achievement, succe , conquest. "That mingled envy and contempt with which the ig. norant naturally regard the triumphs of knowledge." Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xii. 6. Joy or exultation for succe ; great gladne or rejoicing. "Triton his trompet shrill before them blew, For goodly triumph and great iollyment." Spenser: F. Q., IV. xi. 12. 7. A trump-card. [TRUMP (1), 1.] "Let therefore euerie christian man and woman plaieat these cards, that they may haue and obtaine the triumph : you must marke also that the triumph must applie to fetche home vnto him all the other cardes, whatsouer sute they be of." - Latimer : Sermons on the Card. *8. A game at cards; ruff. "The game that wee will play at, shall be called the triumph , which if it be well played at, hee that dealeth shall winne; the plaiers shall likewise winne, and the standers and lookers vpon, shall doe the same: insomuche that there is no man, that is willing to plaie at this tri umph with these cardes, but they shall bee all winners, and no loosers." - Latimer : Sermons on the Card. II. Roman Antiq .: A grand proce ion, in which a victorious general entered the city by the Porta Tri umphalis, in a chariot drawn by four horses, wear ing a dre of extraordinary splendor, namely, an embroidered robe, an under garment flowered with palm leaves, and a wreath of laurel round his brows. He was preceded by the prisoners taken in the war, the spoils of the cities captured, and pic tures of the regions subdued. He was followed by his troops; and, after pa ing along the Via Sacra and through the Forum, ascended to the Capitol, where he offered a bull in sacrifice to Jove. A regu ular triumph could not be demanded unle the fol lowing conditions had been satisfied: 1. The claimant must have held the office of dictator, consul, or prætor. 2. The succe upon which the claim was founded must have been achieved by the claimant while commander-in chief of the victorious army; or, in other words, the operations must have been performed under his auspicia. 3. The campaign must have been brought to a term in a tion, and the country reduced to such a state of tranquil lity as to admit of the withdrawal of the troops, whose presence at the ceremony was indispensable. 4. Not le than 5,000 of the enemy must have fallen in one engagement. 5. Some positive advantage and extension of dominion must have been gained, not merely a disaster retrieved, or an attack repulsed. 6. The contest must have been against a foreign foe. Under the Empire, the prince being sole commander-in-chief of the armies of the state, all other military commanders were regarded merely as his legati, and it was held that all victories were gained under his auspicia, however distant he might be from the scene of action; consequently he alone was entitled to a triumph. A naval triumph differed from a military one only in being on a smaller scale, and in being characterized by the exhibition of nautical trophies, such as beaks of ships. An ovation was an honor inferior to a triumph, the chief difference being that in the former the victorious general entered the city on foot, and in later times on horseback. The senate claimed the exclusive prerogative of granting or refusing a triumph. IMG:content-1475.png:[blocks in formation] triumphant * To ride triumph : To be in full career; to take the lead. "So many jarring elements breaking loose, and riding triumph in every corner of a gentleman's house."- Sterne : Tristram Shandy , iii. 157. tri-ŭmph, v. i. & t. [Fr. triompher, from Latin triumpho; Sp. & Port. triunfar; Ital. tri on fare.] A. Intransitive: 1. To obtain victory; to be victorious; to prevail. "He may triumph in love." -Shakesp .: Sonnet 151. *2. To exult upon an advantage gained or supposed to be gained; to exult or boast insolently. "He wore full blithe, as he had gone thereby, And gan thereat to triumph without victorie." Spenser: F. Q., IV. i. 50. IMG:content-1476.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To make victorious; to cause to triumph or prevail. "He hath triumphed the name of Christ."- Bp. Jewell: Works, ii. 933.