victor

See also: Victor and Víctor

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)

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• Homophone: Victor

Noun

victor (plural victors)

1. The winner in a fight or contest.

   Synonyms: winner, conqueror

   • 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Victor, the letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Derived terms

• victoress
• victress

Related terms

• victorious
• victory
• victrice
• victrix

Translations

winner in a fight or contest

• Arabic: فَائِز‎ m (fāʾiz), فَائِزَة‎ f (fāʾiza)
• Bengali: বিজয়ী (bijôï)
• Bulgarian: победи́тел (bg) m (pobedítel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 得勝者 (zh), 得胜者 (zh) (déshèngzhě), 勝利者 (zh), 胜利者 (zh) (shènglìzhě), 獲勝者 (zh), 获胜者 (zh) (huòshèngzhě)

• Danish: segerherre c, vinder c
• Finnish: voittaja (fi)
• French: vainqueur (fr) m
• Georgian: გამარჯვებული (gamarǯvebuli), მძლეველი (mʒleveli), ძლევამოსილი (ʒlevamosili)
• German: Sieger (de) m, Siegerin (de) f
• Greek: νικητής (el) m (nikitís)

  Ancient: νικητής m (nikētḗs)

• Hungarian: győztes (hu)
• Italian: vincitore (it) m, vincitrice (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتو‎ (serkewtu)

• Latin: victor (la) m, victrīx (la) f
• Navajo: akʼehdidlíní
• Norwegian Bokmål: seierherre m, vinner (no) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sigerherre m, vinnar m
• Old English: siġefæst
• Polish: zwycięzca (pl) m
• Portuguese: vencedor (pt)
• Romanian: învingător (ro) m, învingătoare (ro) f
• Russian: победи́тель (ru) m (pobedítelʹ), победи́тельница (ru) f (pobedítelʹnica)
• Sanskrit: दानु (sa) m (dānu)
• Spanish: vencedor (es) m
• Swedish: segrare (sv) c, vinnare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: перемо́жець m (peremóžecʹ), перемо́жниця f (peremóžnycja)
• Volapük: (♂♀) vikodan (vo), (♂) hivikodan, (♀) jivikodan

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

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Latin

Etymology

Consists of vic- +‎ -tor, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, nasal infix from *weyk- (“to overcome”).

Latin vic- is also the root of vincō (“to conquer”).

The female form is victrix.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ik.tor/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.tor/, [ˈvikt̪or]

Noun

victor m (genitive victōris, feminine victrīx); third declension

1. conqueror, vanquisher
2. 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

1. 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

Further reading

• “victor”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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^[2], 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
    
• “victor”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[3]
• “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