1. victor — Lewis & Short
victor, ōris, m.vinco.
I In gen., a conqueror, vanquisher, victor.
A Prop.
1 Absol.:
quod (sc. stipendium) victores victis imponere consuērint,Caes. B. G. 1, 44:
multa victori, eorum arbitrio, per quos vicit, etiam invito facienda sunt,Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3.—
2 With gen.:
omnium gentium victor,Cic. Pis. 7, 16:
ille exercitus tot divitissimarum gentium victor,Curt. 10, 2, 11:
Atheniensium,id. 3, 10, 4; 3, 10, 7; 6, 6, 4;
7, 10, 6.—Esp., with belli or bellorum: ut meus victor vir belli clueat,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 15:
cujus belli (i. e. cum Antiocho) victor L. Scipio laudem adsumpsit, etc.,Cic. Mur. 14, 31:
victores bellorum civilium vincere,id. Marcell. 4, 12; Tac. A. 1, 19:
Camillus trium simul bellorum victor,Liv. 6, 4, 1:
Paulum tanti belli victorem,id. 45, 36, 7; Vell. 2, 55, 2; Stat. Th. 9, 625:
Macedones, tot bellorum in Europā victores,Curt. 3, 10, 4; Tac. H. 2, 28; 4, 58; cf.:
omnis generis certaminum (Hercules),Vell. 1, 8, 2:
pancratii,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.—
3 With abl.:
cum civili bello victor iratus respondit, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:
bello civili victores victosque numquam coalescere,Tac. H. 2, 7 Halm (Ritter, belli civilis).—
B Fig. (rare;
not in Cic.): animus libidinis et divitiarum victor,master of, Sall. J. 63, 2:
victor propositi,successful in, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 11.—
II Esp.
A Victor, the Conquering, the Victorious, an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 23, 8 sq.—Of Hercules, Macr. S. 8, 6.—
B In appos., = vincens, superior.
1 Prop., victorious, conquering (cf. Zumpt, § 102, n. 2; Madv. § 60, obs. 2).
a Of living beings:
tantum exercitum victorem,Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.:
pejus victoribus Sequanis, quam Aeduis victis accidisse,id. ib. 1, 31:
galli (aves) victi silere solent, canere victores,Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56:
victores Graii,Ov. M. 13, 414:
equus,Verg. G. 3, 499:
taurus,Luc. 2, 605; cf. Verg. A. 2, 329; 10, 409; 11, 565; Ov. M. 2, 437.—Esp., with discedo, abeo, redeo, revertor, etc. (= the more freq. superior discedo, etc.):
victores victis hostibus legiones reveniunt domum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 33:
meminerant ad Alesiam magnam se inopiam perpessos ... maximarum gentium victores discessisse,Caes. B. C. 3, 47:
ita certe inde abiere Romani ut victores, Etrusci pro victis,Liv. 2, 7, 3; 34, 19, 2:
nisi victores se redituros ex hac pugnā jurant,id. 2, 45, 13:
victores reverterunt,id. 7, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 1; 29; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5; 8, 7, 1.—
b With abl.:
victor virtute fuisset,Sall. J. 55, 1.—
2 Of things:
abstulit has (sc. naves) ... Aestus, et obnixum victor detrusit in Austrum,Luc. 9, 334.—
B Meton., of or belonging to a conqueror, triumphal:
in curru, Caesar, victore veheris,Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 47.