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victito

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From vīvō (“to live”) + -titō (frequentative suffix).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    vīctitō (present infinitive vīctitāre, perfect active vīctitāvī, supine vīctitātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

    1. (pre-classical) to live, subsist [with ablative ‘on’]
      • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 3.4:
        Nullum habemus ignem, ficis victitamus aridis.
        We keep no fire, we live upon dried figs.

    Conjugation

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    References

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    • “victito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “victito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “victito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.