victrix
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin victrīx.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
victrix (plural not attested)
- Female victor; victress.
- 1853, 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 […]
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Consists of vic- + -trix. Latin vic- is the root of vincō, vincere (“to conquer”). The male form is victor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ik.triːks/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvik.triks/, [ˈvikt̪riks]
Noun edit
victrīx f (genitive victrīcis, masculine victor); third declension
- victoress, conqueress; female conqueror; winner
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | victrīx | victrīcēs |
| Genitive | victrīcis | victrīcum |
| Dative | victrīcī | victrīcibus |
| Accusative | victrīcem | victrīcēs |
| Ablative | victrīce | victrīcibus |
| Vocative | victrīx | victrīcēs |
Descendants edit
- → English: victrix (learned)
Further reading edit
- “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
- victrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray