Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπινίκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπινίκιος ἐπινίκιον

Structure: ἐπινικι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ni/kh

Sense

  1. of victory, triumphal
  2. a song of victory, triumphal ode
  3. a sacrifice for a victory or feast in honour of it
  4. the prize of victory

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ πολλοὺσ τῶν Ἀμβρώνων οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι διαφθείραντεσ ἀνεχώρησαν ὀπίσω καὶ σκότοσ ἐπέσχεν, οὐχ ὥσπερ ἐπ’ εὐτυχήματι τοσούτῳ τὸν στρατὸν ἐδέξαντο παιᾶνεσ ἐπινίκιοι καὶ πότοι κατὰ σκηνὰσ καὶ φιλοφροσύναι περὶ δεῖπνα καὶ τὸ πάντων ἥδιστον ἀνδράσιν εὐτυχῶσ μεμαχημένοισ, ὕπνοσ ἤπιοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐκείνην μάλιστα τὴν νύκτα φοβερὰν καὶ ταραχώδη διήγαγον. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 20 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of victory

  2. a song of victory

  3. the prize of victory

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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