victrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin victrīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪk.tɹɪks/

Noun

victrix (plural not attested)

1. Female victor; victress.

   Synonyms: victoress, victrice

   • 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

Etymology

Consists of vic- +‎ -trix. Latin vic- is the root of vincō, vincere (“to conquer”). The male form is victor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ik.triːks/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.triks/, [ˈvikt̪riks]

Noun

victrīx f (genitive victrīcis, masculine victor); third declension

1. victoress, conqueress; female conqueror; winner

Declension

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

• → English: victrix (learned)

Further reading

• “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