victima

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See also: victimá, víctima, and victimă

French

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Verb

victima

  1. third-person singular past historic of victimer

Latin

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”), same source as Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred place or thing”) (Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs)) and English witch.

Pronunciation

Noun

victima f (genitive victimae); first declension

  1. sacrificial victim

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative victima victimae
Genitive victimae victimārum
Dative victimae victimīs
Accusative victimam victimās
Ablative victimā victimīs
Vocative victima victimae

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References

  • “victima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “victima”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • victima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • victima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    • to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
  • “victima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “victima”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victima.

Pronunciation

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Noun

victima f (plural victimas)

  1. victim

Spanish

Verb

victima

  1. inflection of victimar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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