victrix

¹

[ vik-triks ]

noun

, plural vic·tri·ces [vik, -tr, uh, -seez].

1. victress.

Victrix

²

[ vik-triks ]

noun

1. an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Venus, Diana, and other goddesses.

Gender Note

See -trix.

Word History and Origins

Origin of victrix¹

From Latin, dating back to 1645–55; victor, -trix

Example Sentences

In the screen, he had seen a fat round-nosed thing come up from the Victrix, curving far out ahead of the passing Enterprise.

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The Victrix was not completely unrepairable, although quite beyond the resources at hand.

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Chester was also called Devana by the Romans, and here the "legio vicessima victrix" was stationed.

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Two heats, run in very indifferent time, decided the affair; and the little pet of the Southerners was once more hailed victrix.

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This Venus Victrix was not so critical as to cavil at the manifest effort in his tones.

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