Victa

/ ˈvɪktə /

noun

1. a type of rotary lawnmower first manufactured in 1952

Word History and Origins

Origin of Victa¹

C20: named after Mervyn Victor Richardson, who invented it

Example Sentences

The victorious cause pleased the gods, the vanquished one pleased Sieyès (victa Catoni).

From Project Gutenberg

Vi victa vis, vel potius oppressa virtute audacia est: and to the same purport, Muren.

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There remains the dignity of a hopeless cause—“sed victa Catoni.”

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En ego victa situ quam veri effeta senectusArma inter regum falsa formidine ludit:Respice ad hæc.

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Vetta was an uncommon Saxon name, and no other Vetta, son of Victa, was known in history.

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