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• victrix
  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

Inflected Forms

noun

• victrices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of victrix

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

Example Sentences

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

Failing reduction, they withdrew on June 24th; leaving her banners inscribed—Vicksburg victrix!

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.

For the present I will try to inspire myself a little with the victrix, and to imagine that I could do the same thing.

From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 by Hueffer, Francis

Quae mille victrix experientiam Collegit annos: o Dea, sic tibi Aeterna si duret iuventus Neu lacrymis oculi madescant; Sic enitebis, sic dabis aureos Dies alumnis, aurea somnia; Sic ore divino refelles Quae properat malesuadus error.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various