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Webster 1913 Edition


Victrix

Vic′trix

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Noun.
[L.]
A victress.
C. Bronté.

Definition 2024


victrix

victrix

English

Noun

victrix (plural not attested)

  1. 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 []

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

  1. 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

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