vae victis

[ wahy wik-tees; English vee vik-tis ]

Latin.

1. woe to the vanquished.

Example Sentences

It was indeed a case of vae victis,—woe to the conquered loyalists.

From Project Gutenberg

Subsequently under the title “Vae Victis”: last published in 1870.

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In seven weeks the Paris Revolution was overthrown—and "Vae victis!"

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But France has found out the secret for this age, and—vae victis!

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