(verb) : vinco, vīci, victum, 3, and n. perh. causat. of root ικ-; Gr. εἴκω, to yield; but cf. per-vicax; v. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 106
* To conquer, overcome, get the better of, defeat, subdue, vanquish, be victorious, etc. (syn.: supero, debello).
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* Transf., of inanimate subjects.
* 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,prevail against, get the better of,Hor. C. 3, 24, 41: victaque concessit prisca moneta novae,Ov. F. 1, 222: quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,id. ib. 1, 676: corpora victa sopore,id. ib. 1, 422; cf.: blanda quies furtim victis obrepsit ocellis,id. ib. 3, 19: hi casses (linei) vel ferri aciem vincunt,Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 11: campum turbā vincente,overflowing,Sil. 6, 390.
* To outlast, survive: (aesculus) Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit,Verg. G. 2, 295: vivendo mea fata,id. A. 11, 160.
* To surmount, scale: aëra (sagittae),Verg. G. 2, 123; cf.: montes ascensu,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46.
* 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.
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* To prove triumphantly, show or demonstrate conclusively.
* 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.
* With respect to something disputed, to prevail, gain one's point, carry the day. So only in the expressions
* Absol.: si doceo non ab Avito, vinco ab Oppianico,Cic. Clu. 23, 64.
* 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.
* 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.