Italian

Noun

vinco m ‎(plural vinchi) (poetic plural vinci)

1. osier, wicker (flexible branch of willow)
2. osier Salix viminalis
3. (by extension) willow

Synonyms

• (osier or wicker): vimine
• (Salix viminalis): salice da vimini
• (willow): salice

Related terms

• vinciglio

Verb

vinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of vincere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *winkō, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, nasal infix from *weyk- ‎(“to overcome”), whence also Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 ‎(weihan, “to fight”) and Old Church Slavonic вѣкъ ‎(věkŭ, “age, long period of time”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwin.koː/, [ˈwɪŋ.koː]

Verb

vincō ‎(present infinitive vincere, perfect active vīcī, supine victum); third conjugation

1. I win, conquer
   • Julius Caesar

     Veni, vidi, vici.

     I came, I saw, I conquered.

Inflection

Synonyms

• conquestō, superō

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• vinco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vinco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vinco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to win a prize at the Olympian games: Olympia vincere (Ολύμπια νικαν)
    
  • to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: animum vincere (Marcell. 3. 8)
    
  • to win a case: causā or iudicio vincere
    
  • to gain a victory, win a battle: proelio vincere
    
  • (ambiguous) in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas
    
  • (ambiguous) the necessaries of life: quae ad victum pertinent
    
  • (ambiguous) things indispensable to a life of comfort: res ad victum cultumque necessariae
    
  • (ambiguous) a livelihood: quae suppeditant ad victum (Off. 1. 4. 12)
    
  • (ambiguous) to earn a livelihood by something: victum aliqua re quaerere
    
  • (ambiguous) the majority were of the opinion..: sententia vincit (Liv. 2. 4. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
    

Portuguese

Verb

vinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of vincar