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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπινίκιος ἐπινίκιον
Genitive ἐπινικίου ἐπινικίου
Dative ἐπινικίῳ ἐπινικίῳ
Accusative ἐπινίκιον ἐπινίκιον
Vocative ἐπινίκιε ἐπινίκιον
DualN/A/V ἐπινικίω ἐπινικίω
G/D ἐπινικίοιν ἐπινικίοιν
PluralNominative ἐπινίκιοι ἐπινίκια
Genitive ἐπινικίων ἐπινικίων
Dative ἐπινικίοις ἐπινικίοις
Accusative ἐπινικίους ἐπινίκια
Vocative ἐπινίκιοι ἐπινίκια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπινίκιος ἐπινικίου ἐπινικιώτερος ἐπινικιωτέρου ἐπινικιώτατος ἐπινικιωτάτου
Adverb ἐπινικίως ἐπινικιώτερον ἐπινικιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπινίκιόσ τε καὶ τροπαιοφόροσ πομπὴ καὶ θυσία, ἣν καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι θρίαμβον, ὑπὸ Ῥωμύλου πρώτου κατασταθεῖσα τοιαύτη τισ ἦν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 34 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. of victory

  2. a song of victory

  3. the prize of victory

Related

Similar forms

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

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