I.unconquered, unsubdued, not vanquished; hence unconquerable, invincible; constr. with ab, in and abl. or acc., ad, contra, adversum, the simple abl., with gen. and inf. (class.).
(α).
With ab: “invictum se a labore praestare,” Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68: “invictus a civibus hostibusque animus,” Liv. 22, 26: “Fabius prius ab illis invictum animum praestat,” id. 22, 15, 1: “vos, hoc est populus Romanus, invicti ab hostibus,” Sall. J. 31, 20: “a cupiditatibus animus,” Liv. 39, 40; 22, 26 fin.—
(δ).
With ad: “invictum ad vulnera corpus,” Ov. M. 12, 167.—（ε) With contra: “crocodilus contra omnes ictus cute invicta,” Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89.—（ζ) With adversus or adversum: “adversum divitias invictum animum gerebat,” Sall. J. 43, 5; so Sen. Helv. 5, 5; Tac. A. 15, 21.—（η) With simple abl.: “armis invictus,” Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95: “invicti viribus,” Verg. A. 6, 394: “certamine,” Ov. M. 7, 792: “cursu,” id. ib. 8, 311: “caestibus,” id. ib. 5, 107: “robore,” Luc. 4, 608: “invictaque bello dextera,” Verg. A. 6, 878: “dentes ignibus,” Plin. 7, 6, 15, § 70. —（θ) With the gen. and inf. (poet.): “Cantaber hiemisque aestusque famisque Invictus, palmamque ex omni ferre labore,” Sil. 3, 326.—（ι) With dat. cunctis, Luc. 4, 608; cf. Tac. Agr. 18.—（κ) Absol.: “Germani,” Caes. B. G. 1, 36: “ambae invictae gentes,” Verg. A. 12, 191: satis vixi, invictus enim morior, Epam. ap. Nep. Epam. 9, 4: “Hannibal,” Nep. Hann. 6, 1: “nomen invicti imperatoris,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82: “dux,” Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 44; Luc. 5, 324; 10, 346: “res publica,” Cic. Par. 4, 29: “imperium,” Liv. Epit. 3: “Palladis manus,” Ov. Am. 3, 3, 28: “virtus,” id. P. 3, 4, 111: “invictae opinionis exercitus,” reputed invincible, Just. 33, 1, 3: “adamas,” impenetrable, Ov. P. 4, 12, 32.—Comp.: “invictior ratio,” irrefutable, Aug. de Immort. Anim. 8.—Sup.: “omnes sciunt te unum in terra vivere virtute et forma et factis invictissumum,” not to be surpassed, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 57; Symm. Ep. 10, 78.—Hence, invictē , adv., invincibly, irrefutably (eccl. Lat.): “invictissime,” Aug. Ep. 28.
