English → Latin
“victory” in Latin
victōriavictorytropaeuma trophy, victory memorial; a victory; a mark, token, monumentpalmapalm of the hand, hand; blade of an oar; palm tree; date tree
The English word victory itself goes back to Latin vincō, through victōria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
victory
victoria (the proper word): tropaeum (τρόπαιον, trophy; metonymy, for victory, as Nep., Them., 5, 3, victoria quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo): palma (figuratively, reward for a victory, superiority). A decisive victory, parta et explorata victoria: a victory over foreign enemies, victoria externa: a victory over enemies at home, victoria domestica: to get, win, etc., a victory, victoria potiri: the victory was easy, facile erat vincere: after the victory was obtained, parta victoria: to turn the scale of victory in favor of anybody, victoriam ad aliquem transferre: to have the victory in one’s hands, victoriam in manibus habere: to follow up a victory, victoria uti (Cic.); a victoria nihil cessare (Liv., 34, 16; ☞ but not victoriam exercere, which, in Liv., 2, 55, and 7, 22, from the context, has quite a different meaning): to concede the victory to anybody, manus dare vincique se pati (to confess one’s self conquered); alicui palmam dare (to concede the superiority to anybody): to foretell a certain victory, certam victoriae spem augurari: to proclaim a victory, victoriam conclamare: to celebrate a victory, victoriam concelebrare (also by circumlocution with the verbs under CONQUER; e.g., after a victory over enemies, difficulties, etc., victis hostibus, difficultatibus): to obtain a victory, vincere (general term); victoriam consequi or adipisci; superiorem or victorem discedere palmam ferre (figuratively, to have the superiority): over anybody, vincere or superare aliquem; victoriam ferre, referre ex aliquo victoriam reportare ab or de aliquo: to obtain a complete victory over anybody, devincere aliquem (e.g., Poenos classe): to obtain a victory over one’s passions, etc., cupiditates coercere, continere, comprimere; cupiditatibus imperare: a certain, uncertain, doubtful, brilliant, honorable, glorious, etc. victory, victoria certa, explorata, incerta, dubia, clarissima, honesta (egregia, Liv.), praeclara, gloriosa (Cic.): a melancholy, bloody, bloodless, cruel, wicked victory, victoria acerba, cruenta, incruenta (Liv.), funesta, crudelis, nefaria: a complete victory, victoria justa: an easy victory, victoria facilis: almost to give up the victory for lost, victoriam prope desperare: that victory cost the Carthaginians much blood, Poenis ea victoria multo sanguine stetit: our victory was won without the loss of a man, victoria nobis incruenta fuit (Liv. 2, 31): Scipio was called Africanus on account of his great victory over the Carthaginians, Scipio ob egregiam de Poenis victoriam Africanus appellatus est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for victory?
- The usual Latin words for “victory” are victōria, tropaeum, palma. 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.