invictus

in-victus, a, um, adj. [2. in], unconquered, unsubdued, not vanquished; hence unconquerable, invincible; constr. with ab, in and abl. or acc., ad, contra, adversum, the simple abl., with gen. and inf. (class.).

(α).

With ab:

invictum se a labore praestare,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

invictus a civibus hostibusque animus,

Liv. 22, 26:

Fabius prius ab illis invictum animum praestat,

id. 22, 15, 1:

vos, hoc est populus Romanus, invicti ab hostibus,

Sall. J. 31, 20:

a cupiditatibus animus,

Liv. 39, 40; 22, 26 fin. —

(β).

With in and abl.:

spartum in aquis, marique invictum,

Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29.—

(γ).

With in and acc.:

in hostem et in mortem invictus animus,

Just. 12, 15.—

(δ).

With ad:

invictum ad vulnera corpus,

Ov. M. 12, 167.—

(ε).

With contra:

crocodilus contra omnes ictus cute invicta,

Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89.—

(ζ).

With adversus or adversum:

adversum divitias invictum animum gerebat,

Sall. J. 43, 5; so Sen. Helv. 5, 5; Tac. A. 15, 21.—

(η).

With simple abl.:

armis invictus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

invicti viribus,

Verg. A. 6, 394:

certamine,

Ov. M. 7, 792:

cursu,

id. ib. 8, 311:

caestibus,

id. ib. 5, 107:

robore,

Luc. 4, 608:

invictaque bello dextera,

Verg. A. 6, 878:

dentes ignibus,

Plin. 7, 6, 15, § 70. —

(θ).

With the gen. and inf. ( poet. ):

Cantaber hiemisque aestusque famisque Invictus, palmamque ex omni ferre labore,

Sil. 3, 326.—

(ι).

With dat. cunctis, Luc. 4, 608; cf. Tac. Agr. 18.—

(κ).

Absol.:

Germani,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

ambae invictae gentes,

Verg. A. 12, 191: satis vixi, invictus enim morior, Epam. ap. Nep. Epam. 9, 4:

Hannibal,

Nep. Hann. 6, 1:

nomen invicti imperatoris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82:

dux,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 44; Luc. 5, 324; 10, 346:

res publica,

Cic. Par. 4, 29:

imperium,

Liv. Epit. 3:

Palladis manus,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 28:

virtus,

id. P. 3, 4, 111:

invictae opinionis exercitus,

reputed invincible, Just. 33, 1, 3:

adamas,

impenetrable, Ov. P. 4, 12, 32.— Comp.:

invictior ratio,

irrefutable, Aug. de Immort. Anim. 8.— Sup.:

omnes sciunt te unum in terra vivere virtute et forma et factis invictissumum,

not to be surpassed, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 57; Symm. Ep. 10, 78.—Hence, invictē, adv., invincibly, irrefutably (eccl. Lat.):

invictissime,

Aug. Ep. 28.