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: الفائز‎ m (alfayiz), الفائزة‎ f (alfayiza)
• 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)

• Finnish: voittaja (fi)
• French: vainqueur (fr) m
• German: Sieger (de) m, Siegerin (de) f
• Hungarian: győztes (hu)
• Italian: vincitore (it) m, vincitrice (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌رکه‌وتو‎ (sarkawtoo)

• 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)
• 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.tɔr]

Noun

victor m (genitive victōris); third declension

1. conqueror, vanquisher, victor

Inflection

Third declension.

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

1. triumphant, conquering

Inflection

Third declension.

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

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “victor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “victor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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