English → Latin
“victor” in Latin
victorconqueror, vanquisher; victor, winner, championexpugnōto take by assault, storm, capture, reduce, subdue; to subdue, overcome, conquer, reduce; to accomplish, achieve (somethdomitortamer, breaker (of horses etc); subduer, vanquisher, conquerorurbsa city, walled town; the City, RomeHispāniaHispania (the Iberian Peninsula, a peninsula and historical region of Southern Europe covering modern-day Spain, Portuga
The English word victor itself goes back to Latin vincō, through victor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
victor
victor: expugnator (with genitive; e.g., urbis): domitor (with genitive; e.g., Hispaniae: vanquisher). Vid: also, CONQUEROR, CONQUER.
Victor
Victor, -oris (m.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for victor?
- The usual Latin words for “victor” are victor, expugnō, domitor; also urbs, Hispānia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.