victor
See also: Victor and Víctor
Translingual
Noun
victor
- Alternative letter-case form of Victor of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ)
- Homophone: Victor
Noun
victor (plural victors)
- The winner in a fight or contest.
- Synonyms: winner, conqueror
- 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
- City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms
- victoress
- victress
Related terms
- victorious
- victory
- victrice
- victrix
Translations
winner in a fight or contest — see winner
Further reading
- victor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- victor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- victor at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wiktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”).Synchronically, from vincō (“to conquer”) (supine stem vict-) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ik.tor/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvik.tor/, [ˈvikt̪or]
Noun
victor m (genitive victōris, feminine victrīx); third declension
- conqueror, vanquisher
- victor, winner, champion
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | victor | victōrēs |
Genitive | victōris | victōrum |
Dative | victōrī | victōribus |
Accusative | victōrem | victōrēs |
Ablative | victōre | victōribus |
Vocative | victor | victōrēs |
Adjective
victor (genitive victōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- victorious, triumphant, conquering
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | victor | victōrēs | victōria | ||
Genitive | victōris | victōrium | |||
Dative | victōrī | victōribus | |||
Accusative | victōrem | victor | victōrēs | victōria | |
Ablative | victōrī | victōribus | |||
Vocative | victor | victōrēs | victōria |
Related terms
- victōria
Descendants
- Italian: vittore
Further reading
- “victor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “victor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- victor 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)
- victor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
- to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia dedere victori
- to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia permittere victoris potestati
- the victorious army: exercitus victor
- to come off victorious: superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere
- to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
- “victor”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “victor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “victor”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray