victima

Verb

victima

1. third-person singular past historic of victimer

Alternative forms

• victuma

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwik.ti.ma/, [ˈwɪk.tɪ.ma]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvik.ti.ma/

Noun

victima f (genitive victimae); first declension

1. sacrificial victim

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, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin victima.

Noun

victima f (plural victimas)

1. victim

Verb

victima

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of victimar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of victimar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of victimar.