victor Latin · revision 7896
16 Oct 2026, 14:36 by bogdan “Fix unsupported wording” current version
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==Semantic evolution==
− It meant one who prevails over an adversary, a conqueror, as Caesar's tribute imposed by victors on the vanquished and Cicero's ''omnium gentium victor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Virgil it meant the winner of a contest.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it was used predicatively, ''victor redīre'' to return victorious, and as an adjective, victorious, and in Ovid of weapons and things linked to victory.^(OLD 2012) In Livy it was a cult title of Jupiter and other gods, and in Macrobius of Hercules.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ It meant one who prevails over an adversary, a conqueror, as Caesar's tribute imposed by victors on the vanquished and Cicero's ''omnium gentium victor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Virgil it meant the winner of a contest.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it was used predicatively and as an adjective, victorious, and in Ovid of weapons and things linked to victory.^(OLD 2012) In Livy it was a cult title of Jupiter and other gods, and in Macrobius of Hercules.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a victor, conqueror, winner.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin also used it of the winner of a lawsuit.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''vittore'', and Anglo-French and Old French gave [[en|victor]] in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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===Noun===
# A conqueror, [[m|en|victor]]; a winner.^(OLD 2012)
− # Victorious, ''victor redīre'', to return victorious.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Victorious; used predicatively.^(OLD 2012)
# A cult title of Jupiter and other gods.^(OLD 2012)