victor

See also: Victor and Víctor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victor (“a conqueror”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/

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Noun

victor (plural victors)

1. 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.

2. The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Synonyms

• winner
• conqueror

Derived terms

• victorious adjective
• victory noun

Translations

winner in a fight or contest

• Arabic: فَائِز‎ m (fāʾiz), فَائِزَة‎ f (fāʾiza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 得勝者, 得胜者 (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:

  Sorani: سەرکەوتو‎ (ku) (serkewtu)

• Latin: victor m, victrix f
• Navajo: akʼehdidlíní
• Norwegian Bokmål: seierherre m, vinner (no) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sigerherre m, vinnar m
• Polish: zwycięzca (pl) m
• Portuguese: vencedor (pt)
• Romanian: învingător (ro) m, învingătoare (ro) f, învingători m pl, învingătoare (ro) f pl
• 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
• Volapük: (♂♀) vikodan (vo), (♂) hivikodan, (♀) jivikodan

The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Estonian: Viktor

• Finnish: Vihtori (fi)
• Italian: Venezia (it)
• Russian: Васи́лий (ru) m (Vasílij)

Further reading

• victor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• victor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 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, vincere (“to conquer”).

The female form is victrix.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwik.tor/, [ˈwɪk.t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.tor/, [ˈvik.t̪ɔr]

Noun

victor m (genitive victōris); third declension

1. conqueror, vanquisher, victor, winner

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. 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

References

• 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, 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