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Translingual[edit]

Noun[edit]
victor
- Alternative letter-case form of Victor of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
victor (plural victors)
- The winner in a fight or contest.
- 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.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
winner in a fight or contest — see winner
Further reading[edit]
- “victor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “victor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “victor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *wiktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”). Synchronically, from vincō (“to conquer”) (supine stem vict-) + -tor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ik.tor/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvik.tor/, [ˈvikt̪or]
Noun[edit]
victor m (genitive victōris, feminine victrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
victor (genitive victōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: vittore
Further reading[edit]
- “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[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
- to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
- “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
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