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victito

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Latin

Etymology

From vīvō (to live) + -titō (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

vīctitō (present infinitive vīctitāre, perfect active vīctitāvī, supine vīctitātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. (pre-Classical) to live, subsist [with ablative ‘on’]
    • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 3.4:
      Nullum habemus ignem, ficis victitamus aridis.
      We keep no fire, we live upon dried figs.

Conjugation

References

  • victito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • victito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • victito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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