Latin

Noun

vīctus m ‎(genitive victūs); fourth declension

1. living, way of life
2. nourishment, provision, diet, that which sustains life

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Related terms

• victum
• victuālis

Descendants

• Aromanian: yiptu, viptu
• Italian: vitto
• Romanian: vipt
• Spanish: victo

Participle

vīctus m ‎(feminine vīcta, neuter vīctum); first/second declension

1. lived, having been lived
2. survived, having been survived
3. resided in, having been resided in

Inflection

First/second declension.

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of vincō ‎(“conquer”).

Participle

victus m ‎(feminine victa, neuter victum); first/second declension

1. conquered, subdued, having been conquered.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• Aromanian: azvimtu
• Italian: vinto
• Sardinian: bintu

References

• victus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• victus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VICTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “victus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have attained to a high degree of culture: omni vita atque victu excultum atque expolitum esse (Brut. 25. 95)
    
  • daily bread: victus cotidianus
    
  • meagre diet: victus tenuis (Fin. 2. 28. 90)
    
  • (ambiguous) the necessaries of life: quae ad victum pertinent
    
  • (ambiguous) things indispensable to a life of comfort: res ad victum cultumque necessariae
    
  • (ambiguous) a livelihood: quae suppeditant ad victum (Off. 1. 4. 12)
    
  • (ambiguous) to earn a livelihood by something: victum aliqua re quaerere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
    
• victus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers