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victĭma , ae, f. perh. root vig- of vigeo; with superl. ending; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 509 sq.,
I.a beast for sacrifice adorned with the fillet (vitta), a sacrifice, victim (cf. hostia).
I. Lit., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 93; Hor. C. 3, 23, 12; Verg. G. 2, 147; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 16; Liv. 45, 7, 1; Ov. M. 7, 162; id. F. 1, 335; Juv. 12, 113; Luc. 1, 611; Sen. Herc. Fur. 923 al.—
II. Trop., a victim: “quam potestis P. Lentulo mactare victimam gratiorem quam si L. Flacci sanguine illius nefarium in nos omnes odium saturaveritis?” Cic. Fl. 38, 95: se victimam rei publicae praebere, id. Fin. 2, 19, 61: “victima deceptus decipientis ero,” Ov. Am. 3, 3, 22: “me nuptiali victimam feriat die,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 348.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.13.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.16
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.162
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.147
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.3
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.611
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 7.1
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 923
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 348
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.19
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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