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Victrix
Vic′trix
,Noun.
[L.]
A victress.
C. Bronté.
Definition 2024
victrix
victrix
English
Noun
victrix (plural not attested)
- female victor; victress
- Charlotte Brontë, Villette
- In his victrix he required all that was here visible — the imprint of high cultivation, the consecration of a careful and authoritative protection, the adjuncts that Fashion decrees, Wealth purchases, and Taste adjusts […]
- Charlotte Brontë, Villette
Latin
Etymology
Consists of vic- + -trix. Latin vic- is the root of vincō, vincere (“to conquer”). The male form is victor.
Noun
victrīx f (genitive victrīcis); third declension
- victoress, conqueress; female conqueror
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | victrīx | victrīcēs |
genitive | victrīcis | victrīcum |
dative | victrīcī | victrīcibus |
accusative | victrīcem | victrīcēs |
ablative | victrīce | victrīcibus |
vocative | victrīx | victrīcēs |
References
- victrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- victrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “victrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- victrix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- victrix in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray