victrix

English

Etymology

Latin

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

References
  • 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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