victim Copy link Outline 1. victĭma2. hostia3. piācŭlum (an expiatory v.) • victim: 1. victĭma: to slay v.s, caedere v., Liv. 45, 7, init.: Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: Hor. Od. 3, 23, 12: the v. slain gave a favourable omen, v. caesa litavit, Suet. Oth. 8, fin.: cf. Mart. 10, 73, 6: to sacrifice human v.s, pro victimis homines immolare, Caes. B. G. 6, 16, post init. Fig.: to offer oneself as a v. to the state, se v. reipublicae praebere, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61: shall I be the deceived v. of a deceiver? v. deceptus decipientis ero? Ov. Am. 3, 3, 22. 2. hostia: with what v.s sacrifice should be offered, and to what god, to whom with larger v.s, to whom with smaller (lit. suckling), quibus hostiis immolandum cuique deo, cui majoribus, cui lactentibus, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: often a very favourable omen is given by the next v., proxima hostia (abl.) litatur saepe pulcerrime, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: the Gauls pollute the altars with human v.s, (Galli) humanis h. aras funestant, id. Font. 10, 31: cf. Tac. G. 9. 3. piācŭlum (an expiatory v.): bring black cattle, let those be the first v.s, duc nigras pecudes, ea prima p. sunto, Virg. Aen. 6, 153. Fig.: p. rupti foederis (of Hannibal), Liv. 21, 10, ad fin. Phr.: to be a v. to the flames of envy, invidiae incendio conflagrare, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 29: to fall a v. to disease, morbo mori, Nep.: cf. morbo obire, Plin.: Liv.: to be a v. to a legal decision, judicio circumveniri, Cic. Brut. 12, 48: must I be made a v. to your folly? men' piacularem oportet fieri ob stultitiam tuam? Pl. Epid. 1, 2, 36: we were the first v.s, hoc nobis primis accidit, Cic. [To be a v. to, may also be expr. by pati (with acc.); opprimi, cadere, perire (all with abl.). For to make a v. of, v. to cheat: to offer up as a v., v. to sacrifice.]
VICTIM Copy link • VICTIMvictima (of the larger sort; PROP. and figuratively): hostia (of the smaller sort).