vinc-, vict-, -vince, -vincible, -vincibility +

(Latin: conquer, overcome)


victoriousness
1. Having won a victory.
2. Relating to, or characteristic of victory.
3: Evincing moral harmony or a sense of fulfillment.
victory
1. A successful ending of a struggle or contest.
2. Success in a contest against an enemy, opponent, a particular contest, or battle that is won.
3. Success in overcoming a difficult situation or an obstacle.
4. A condition in which someone has triumphed.
Victory
Greek: Nike (goddess)
Latin: Victoria (goddess)

victrix
Victress, an ancient Roman epithet variously applied to Venus, Diana, and other goddesses.
Vincent
A male given (first) name from a Latin word meaning “conquering”.
vincible
Capable of being overcome, conquered, or defeated.
Vincit omnia veritas.
Truth conquers everything.

Motto of Compton Community College, Compton, California, USA; and it is also translated as "Truth conquers all things".

There is also a shorter version: Vincit veritas, "Truth wins out."

Vincit qui patitur.
He conquers who endures.

Motto of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, USA.

Vincit qui se vincit.
He wins control who controls himself. -Seneca
Virtus vincit invidiam.
Virtue overcomes envy.
Vulneratus non victus.
Wounded but not conquered.

Another version is, "Bloodied but unbowed."


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