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victus2

Part. of vinco

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Where it lives

de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Res Gestae 6 · 0.47/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. victus — Lewis & Short

victus, a, um,

Part. of vinco.

2. victus — Lewis & Short

victus, ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the

I gen. sing. victuis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 494, 11: victi, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 75; also cited ap. Non. p. 484, 10), m. vivo.

I That upon which one lives; sustenance, nourishment, provisions, victuals: tenuis victus cultusque, Cic. Lael. 23, 86: tenuissimus, id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Quint. 15, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 99; id. Off. 1, 4, 12; Caes. B. G. 6, 22; 6, 23 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; 2, 2, 53; dat. victu, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 6; Verg. G. 4, 158.— Plur., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 142; Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10; Ov. M. 15, 104 al.—

B In jurid. lang., necessaries of life, inclusive of clothing, Dig. 50, 16, 43; 50, 16, 44.—

II A way of life, mode of living, with reference to the necessities of life (class.; cf. vita): in victu considerare oportet, apud quos et quo more et cujus arbitratu sit educatus, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35: consuetudo victūs, manner of living or subsisting, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: quali igitur victu sapiens utetur? Hor. S. 2, 2, 63.—Esp., with vita: Gaius Tuditanus, omni vitā atque victu excultus atque expolitus, Cic. Brut. 25, 95: ego autem nobilium vitā victuque mutato mores mutari civitatem puto, id. Leg. 3, 14, 32: splendidus non minus in vitā quam victu, Nep. Alcib. 1, 3.

In the wild

victibus Prudentius, Cathemerina 4.31
victui Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 33.10
victui Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 31.5.1
victui Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1
victui Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.16.6
victui Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.4.4

6 of 20 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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