victima
See also: victimá, víctima, and victimă
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vik.ti.ma/
Verb
victima
- third-person singular past historic of victimer
Latin
Alternative forms
- victuma
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”), same source as Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred place or thing”) (Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs)) and English witch.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ik.ti.ma/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪ɪmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvik.ti.ma/, [ˈvikt̪imä]
Noun
victima f (genitive victimae); first declension
- sacrificial victim
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | victima | victimae |
| Genitive | victimae | victimārum |
| Dative | victimae | victimīs |
| Accusative | victimam | victimās |
| Ablative | victimā | victimīs |
| Vocative | victima | victimae |
Synonyms
- (victim): hostia
Derived terms
- victimārius
- victimō
Descendants
- Catalan: víctima
- French: victime
- Romanian: victimă
- Friulian: vìtime
- Italian: vittima
- → Middle French: victime
- → English: victim
- Occitan: victima
- Portuguese: vítima
- Sicilian: vìttima
- Spanish: víctima
References
- “victima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “victima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- victima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- victima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
- to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
- to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
- “victima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “victima”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin victima.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
victima f (plural victimas)
- victim
Spanish
Verb
victima
- inflection of victimar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative