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  victrix

  noun

  victress.
• Victrix
  Victrix

  noun

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

victrix

¹ American  

[vik-triks] / ˈvɪk trɪks /

noun

victrices plural

1. victress.

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Victrix ² American  

[vik-triks] / ˈvɪk trɪks /

noun

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

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Gender

See -trix.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• victrices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of victrix

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

Example Sentences

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victrix Victrix victrices

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

From Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Power, Tyrone

St. Augustine says that the delectatio victrix has for its object “to impart sweetness to that which gave no pleasure.”

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Valencia seemed to have enthroned herself, a true Venus victrix, in the centre of his heart, and would not be dispossessed.

From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles

But Alice had fled, leaving Patricia the victrix of her bloodless battle-field.

From The Lever A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana

And Mrs. Hopkinson was victrix by her very audacity.

From The Story of a Mine by Harte, Bret

But one moment does link it intrinsically to Rome, as the parade always begins with an actor voicing the words of Domitian, who was emperor when Deva Victrix was founded.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023

There also can be environmental issues, said Anoop Davé, the CEO of Victrix, a real estate investment management development company specializing in converting mostly vacant office buildings into residential buildings and hotels.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

I’m no designer, but it’s tough to imagine how Victrix could have made the built-in controls any more intuitive.

From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2021

Here's what Tactical Life has to say about the Victrix Armaments Scorpio, an assault-style rifle its experts recently reviewed.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019

Cato did not utter the phrase "Victrix causa diis placuit, sed victa Catoni," with more resolution than that with which I answered: "Never!"

From Debts of Honor by Yolland, Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill)

Brooding on his inexplicable absence, her thoughts came more and more to take the form of the question that victrices always ask of high Heaven: "Have I lost him?"

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin