Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Victima

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

VIC'TIMA (ἱερεῖον). Strictly, a victim sacrificed to the gods as an offering to thanks, in return for benefits received; as contradistinguished from hostia, a peace-offering to avert or appease their anger: but the distinction is not rigidly observed.