victima

See also: victimá, víctima, and victimă

French

Verb

victima

  1. third-person singular past historic of victimer

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice), same source as Proto-Germanic *wīhą (sacred place or thing) (Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs)) and English witch.

Pronunciation

Noun

victima f (genitive victimae); first declension

  1. sacrificial victim

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative victima victimae
Genitive victimae victimārum
Dative victimae victimīs
Accusative victimam victimās
Ablative victimā victimīs
Vocative victima victimae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • victima in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • victima in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • victima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • victima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    • to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
  • victima in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • victima in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victima.

Noun

victima f (plural victimas)

  1. victim

Spanish

Verb

victima

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of victimar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of victimar.
  3. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of victimar.
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