Vinco, vincis, vici, victum, víncere. Cic.To win: to ouetcoine: to vanquish: to get nictorie: to passe: to errell: to prooue or conuince by teason.Vinci & expugnari.Cic. Vinci voluptate. Ci. Vince virum bonum suisse Oppianicum. Cice. Conuince and prooue, &c. Vincere aciem ferri. Plini. To passe in sharpenesse, to bee sharper than any toole.Amor vincitur donis.Ouid.Amor omnia vincit.Virg.Animum vincere.Plaut.To ouercome ones minde.Bello vincere. Luca. To vanquishe in warre.Carminibus vincere aliquem.Virg.To passe.Victa causa.Cic.A tause or suite that is cast or ouercome.Certamine pedum vicerat omnes.Ouid.He passed all in rmming, or swistnesse of soote.Cibum vincere. Plin. To concoct or vigest.Clementia vincitur lachrymis.Ouid.Vicerat antiquæ sceleratus crimina samæ. Martial. The naughty fellow committed so heous an ossence, as hath not beene heard of besore time.Cursu vincere ceruum, vel cochleam tarditudine.Plaut.To be swister than an hart, or slower than a snaile.Dissicultates locorum vincere. Cæsar. With trauaile to passe harde and tronblous places.Dolor vicit virum inuictum.Ouid.Eloquio vincere Nestora. Ou. To passe Nessor in eloquÊce.Expectationem vincere. C. To do more than men loke sar.Falsa vincere veris. Lucr. Fama vinci. Ouid.Viuendo vici mea fata, superstes.Virg.I haue liued longer than by course of nature I shottide, hauing my childre dead before me.Furorem vincere ratione.Ouid.To ouercome.Gloria vincere aliquem, & similibus. Cice. To passe in, &c.Miles vicit hostem.Ouid.Inducio aliquid vincere. Ci. To conuince by sentence of the indge.-labor omnia vincit Improbus.Virg.Importunate labour ouercommeth all things.Licitatione vincere. Paulus. In cheapening to bid more: to ouerbid. Budæus legit, licitationem: quomodo dicimus. Olympia vincere. Vicit igitur licitatiouem, hoc est. Hee is admitted as the partie that biddeth mast.Magnitudinem alterius rei vincere.Cic.To bee bigger &c.Si vita istius memoriam vicerit.Cic.If there be none that remembreth how he hath liued before time.Montes vincere ascensu. Clau. With paines to get vp to the toppes of hilles.Moribus vincere aliquem Propert.Funalia vincunt noctem flammis. Vir. The light of torches ouercome the darkenesse of the night.Numero vincere. Ci. To be more in number.Officio vincet omnes spes. Ci. He wil do more than men can hope.Opinionem omnium vincere.Cic.To passe the opinion of al men.Pectora dura vincuntur molli prece. Tibul. Hard harts are ouercome with hmnble sute.Nulla vinci ratione. Ci. Seipsum vincere. Cassius. Cic.To passe himselfe.Vicit sententia lenior, vt vnde culpa essct orta, ibi pœna consisteret.Liu.The gentler sentence tooke place, &c.Sponsione vincere. Ci. To ouercome in laying a wager.Viribus vincere aliquid.Virg.Vno te vicimus. Ci. In one thing we past thee. Vicimus. Cice. We haue the victorie: we haue wonne the wager: we haue that we would haue.Vnum ostende in tabulis aut ruis, aut patris tui emptum esse vicisti.Cic.I wil giue thee the victorie.Vince & vale. Ci. Gad send thee the uictorie, and long to line in health.Viceris. Te. Go thy way thou hast the victorie: I will consesse thou hast ouercome.
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vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a. and n. [perh. causat. of root ik-; Gr. ei)/kw, to yield; but cf. per-vicax; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 106], to conquer, overcome, get the better of, defeat, subdue, vanquish, be victorious, etc. (syn.: supero, debello). I.Lit.A. In war or battle: jus esse belli, ut qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 36: Carthaginienses navalibus pugnis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: Galliam bello, Caes. B. G. 1, 34 fin.: non virtute neque in acie vicisse Romanos, id. ib. 7, 29: id vi et virtute militum victum atque expugnatum oppidum est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 36: vicimus vi feroces, id. ib. 1, 1, 82: aio te, Aeacida, Romanos vincere posse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 186 Vahl.): sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 ib.): aliquando ut vincat, ludit assidue aleam, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70 fin.: L. milia,
to win at play
, August. ib. 71.—B. In a lawsuit, etc., to be successful, to gain: vincere judicio, Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 53: quem tu horum nil refelles, vincam scilicet, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 82; Hor. S. 1, 2, 134: causam suam,
to win
, Ov. H. 16, 76.—Pass.: factum est: ventum est: vincimur, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 85.—C. In other relations, to win, prevail, be successful, gain, overcome: sponsione, Cic. Quint. 27, 84: sponsionem, id. Caecin. 31, 91: vicit iter durum pietas,
controlled
,
made easy
, Verg. A. 6, 688; cf. Mart. 5, 23, 5; Claud. Cons. Hon. 46: labor omnia vicit, Verg. G. 1, 145; cf. difficultates, Auct. B. G. 8, 21: virgam,
to win
, Verg. A. 6, 148: vicit tamen in Senatu pars illa, quae, etc., Sall. J. 16, 1: factione respectuque rerum privatarum ... Appius vicit, Liv. 2, 30, 2: cum in senatu vicisset sententia, quae, etc., id. 2, 4: Othonem vincas volo, to outbid (in an auction), Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; 13, 33, 2.—To defeat as a candidate for office: competitorem in suffragiis, Quint. 7, 1, 29.—D.Transf., of inanimate subjects. 1.To overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, etc.: (naves) neu turbine venti Vincantur, Verg. A. 9, 92: victa ratis, Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12: flammam gurgitibus, id. Am. 3, 6, 42: noctem flammis, Verg. A. 1, 727: vincunt aequora navitae,
, Sil. 6, 390.—2.To outlast, survive: (aesculus) Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit, Verg. G. 2, 295: vivendo mea fata, id. A. 11, 160.—3.To surmount, scale: aëra (sagittae), Verg. G. 2, 123; cf.: montes ascensu, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46.—4.To reduce, change, etc.; of cooking: nec viscera quisquam ... potest vincere flammā, Verg. G. 3, 560: cochleas undis calefactas et prope victas, Ser. Samm. Med. 319.—Of smelting ores: metallorum primitiae nullis fornacibus victae, Tac. H. 4, 53.—Of melting snow: nive, quae zephyro victa tepente fluit, Ov. F. 2, 220.— Of digestion: pervigilio quidem praecipue vincuntur cibi, Plin. 11, 53, 118, 283.—II.Trop.A. In gen., to prevail, be superior; to convince, refute, constrain, overcome, etc.: argumentis vincit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 267: naturam studio, Caes. B. G. 6, 43: vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem, Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13: si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit; hanc ipsam profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit, id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: sapientis animus vincetur et expugnabitur?id. Par. 4, 1, 27: animum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 29: non est consentaneum, qui invictum se a labore praestiterit, vinci a voluptate, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68: labascit, victu'st, uno verbo, quam cito!Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98: eludet, ubi te victum senserit, id. ib. 1, 1, 10: illius stultitiā victa ex urbe tu migres?id. Hec. 4, 2, 13: adulescentulus saepe eadem audiendo victus est, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 62: peccavi, fateor, vincor, id. ib. 4, 1, 31: victus patris precibus lacrimisque, Liv. 23, 8, 4: divūm pater victus tuis vocibus, Hor. C. 4, 6, 21: est qui vinci possit, id. S. 1, 9, 55: pietas Victa furore, id. C. 3, 27, 36: victus amore pudor, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 29: filia victa in lacrimas, Tac. A. 1, 57: victus animi respexit, Verg. G. 4, 491: triumphantes de lege victā et abrogatā, Liv. 34, 3, 9.— With ut: ergo negatum, vincor, ut credam miser,
am constrained
,
compelled
, Hor. Epod. 17, 27.—B. In partic. 1.To overmatch in some quality, to surpass, exceed, excel, = superare: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16: opinionem vicit omnium, quae, etc., id. Ac. 2, 1, 1: exspectationem omnium, id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, 11: eam (noctem) edepol etiam multo haec (nox) vicit longitudine, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 125: morum immanitate vastissimas vincit beluas, Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 48: quamlibet mulierculam Vincere mollitiā, Hor. Epod. 11, 24: odio qui posset vincere Regem, id. S. 1, 7, 6: scribere, quod Cassi opuscula vincat, id. Ep. 1, 4, 3; cf.: qualia (praecepta) vincunt Pythagoran, id. S. 2, 4, 2.—Poet. with inf.: vir nulli victus vel ponere castra vel junxisse ratem, etc., excelled by none in pitching a camp, etc., Sil. 5, 552; 6, 141.—2.To prove triumphantly, show or demonstrate conclusively.(a). With obj.-clause: quid nunc? vincon' argumentis te non esse Sosiam?Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 277: profecto ita esse, et praedico, vero vincam, id. Most. 1, 2, 12: vince deinde, bonum virum fuisse Oppianicum, Cic. Clu. 44, 124: dicendo vincere non postulo, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 4: vincet enim stultos ratio insanire nepotes, Hor. S. 2, 3, 225.—(b). With ut: nec vincet ratio hoc, tantundem ut peccet idemque Qui, etc., Hor. S. 1, 3, 115.—(g).Absol.: si doceo non ab Avito, vinco ab Oppianico, Cic. Clu. 23, 64.—3. With respect to something disputed, to prevail, gain one's point, carry the day. So only in the expressions, a. Vicimus: cui si esse in urbe tuto licebit, vicimus, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3: rumpantur iniqui. Vicimus: assiduas non tulit illa preces, Prop. 1, 8, 28: vicimus exclamat; mecum mea vota feruntur, Ov. M. 6, 513: vicimus et meus est, id. ib. 4, 356.—b. Vincite, viceris, vincerent, have it your own way, just as you like, carry your point, an expression of reluctant assent: vincite, si ita vultis, Caes. B. G. 5, 30; Ov. M. 8, 509: vincerent ac sibi haberent, dummodo scirent, Suet. Caes. 1 fin.: viceris, Ter. And. 5, 3, 21.—4.To treat worthily, set forth with dignity (poet.): nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit, Verg. G. 3, 289; cf.: vincere verbis, Lucr. 5, 733.
