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καλλίνικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίνικος καλλίνικον

Structure: καλλινικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ni/kh

Sense

  1. with glorious victory, of noble victory, triumphant over
  2. adorning or ennobling victory, the glory of victory

Examples

  • κἀκεῖ γὰρ ἦν τισ πόλεμοσ Εὐμόλπου δορόσ, οὗ καλλινίκουσ Κεκροπίδασ ἔθηκ’ ἐγώ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode17)
  • οἱ δ’ Εὐεργέτασ οἱ δὲ Καλλινίκουσ οἱ δὲ Σωτῆρασ; (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 5 17:1)
  • οἱ δ’ Εὐεργέτασ οἱ δὲ Καλλινίκουσ οἱ δὲ Σωτῆρασ οἱ δὲ Μεγάλουσ ἀνηγόρευσαν ἑαυτούσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 5 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. with glorious 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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