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|lshtext=<b>victor</b>: ōris, m. [[vinco]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., a [[conqueror]], vanquisher, [[victor]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Victor]], the Conquering, the Victorious, an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 23, 8 sq.—Of [[Hercules]], Macr. S. 8, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In appos., = vincens, [[superior]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prop., [[victorious]], [[conquering]] (cf. Zumpt, § 102, n. 2; Madv. § 60, obs. 2).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With abl.: [[victor]] virtute fuisset, Sall. J. 55, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: abstulit has (sc. naves) ... Aestus, et obnixum [[victor]] detrusit in Austrum, Luc. 9, 334.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., of or belonging to a [[conqueror]], [[triumphal]]: in curru, [[Caesar]], victore veheris, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 47.