victrix

[ vik-triks ]

/ ˈvɪk trɪks /

victress.

Origin of victrix

From Latin, dating back to 1645–55; see origin at victor, -trix

See -trix.

Victrix

[ vik-triks ]

/ ˈvɪk trɪks /

an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Venus, Diana, and other goddesses.

The complement of the Victrix had been three hundred, and she'd been a big ship.

Space Viking |Henry Beam Piper
Alluding to the famous line:—'Victrix caussa deis placuit, sed uicta Catoni'; Pharsalia, i. 128.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer
In the screen, he had seen a fat round-nosed thing come up from the Victrix, curving far out ahead of the passing Enterprise.

Space Viking |Henry Beam Piper
Who tipped Dunnan off that the Victrix would be on Audhumla?

Space Viking |Henry Beam Piper

Four fifteen-hundred-footers, same class as the Victrix, and two thousand-footers.

Space Viking |Henry Beam Piper