See also: Victor and Víctor

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victor

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Victor of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (conqueror). Doublet of Victor.

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Noun edit

victor (plural victors)

  1. The winner in a fight or contest.
    Synonyms: winner, conqueror
    • 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. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *wiktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (to overcome). By surface analysis, vincō (to conquer) (supine stem vict-) +‎ -tor.

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Noun edit

victor m (genitive victōris, feminine victrīx); third declension

  1. conqueror, vanquisher
  2. victor, winner, champion

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

  1. victorious, triumphant, conquering

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

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  • 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
  • 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray