vinco

Italian

Noun

vinco m (plural vinchi) (poetic plural vinci)

1. osier, wicker (flexible branch of willow)
2. osier (Salix viminalis)
3. (by extension) willow

Synonyms

• (osier or wicker): vimine
• (Salix viminalis): salice da vimini
• (willow): salice

Related terms

• vinciglio

Verb

vinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of vincere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”), whence also Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan, “to fight”) and вѣкъ (věkъ, “force, power”). Latin vinc- consists of wik- with an n-infix.

Verb

present active vincō, present infinitive vincere, perfect active vīcī, supine victum.

1. to win, to conquer
   • Julius Caesar

     Veni, vidi, vici.

     I came, I saw, I conquered.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vincō	vincis	vincit	vincimus	vincitis	vincunt
	future	vincam	vincēs	vincet	vincēmus	vincētis	vincent
	imperfect	vincēbam	vincēbās	vincēbat	vincēbāmus	vincēbātis	vincēbant
	perfect	vīcī	vīcistī	vīcit	vīcimus	vīcistis	vīcērunt
	future perfect	vīcerō	vīceris	vīcerit	vīcerimus	vīceritis	vīcerint
	pluperfect	vīceram	vīcerās	vīcerat	vīcerāmus	vīcerātis	vīcerant
passive	present	vincor	vinceris	vincitur	vincimur	vinciminī	vincuntur
	future	vincar	vincēris	vincētur	vincēmur	vincēminī	vincentur
	imperfect	vincēbar	vincēbāris	vincēbātur	vincēbāmur	vincēbāminī	vincēbantur
	perfect	Use victus m, victa f, victum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use victus m, victa f, victum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use victus m, victa f, victum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vincam	vincās	vincat	vincāmus	vincātis	vincant
	imperfect	vincerem	vincerēs	vinceret	vincerēmus	vincerētis	vincerent
	perfect	vīcerim	vīcerīs	vīcerit	vīcerīmus	vīcerītis	vīcerint
	pluperfect	vīcissem	vīcissēs	vīcisset	vīcissēmus	vīcissētis	vīcissent
passive	present	vincar	vincāris	vincātur	vincāmur	vincāminī	vincantur
	imperfect	vincerer	vincerēris	vincerētur	vincerēmur	vincerēminī	vincerentur
	perfect	Use victus m, victa f, victum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use victus m, victa f, victum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	vince	vincitō	vincitō	vincere	vincitor	vincitor
	plural	vincite	vincitōte	vincuntō	vinciminī	—	vincuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vincere	vīcisse	victūrus esse	vincī	victus esse	victum īrī
participles		vincēns (vincentis)	—	victūrus-ra, -rum	—	victus-a, -um	vincendus-nda, -ndum

Synonyms

• conquestō, superō

Derived terms

convincō ēvincō pervincō

revincō vēnī vīdī vīcī victor

Descendants

Aromanian: azvingu, azvindzire Catalan: vèncer English: vanquish Esperanto: venki French: vaincre Friulian: vinci

Italian: vincere Occitan: vencir Portuguese: vencer Romanian: învinge Romansch: vaindscher, venscher Sardinian: bínchere, binci, bínciri, bínghere, vínchere Spanish: vencer