Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νείκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νείκη

Structure: νεικ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = nei=kos, Aesch.

Sense

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἡμεῖσ τοίνυν ἡμᾶσ αὐτὰσ εὖ λέξωμεν παραβᾶσαι, καίτοι πᾶσ τισ τὸ γυναικεῖον φῦλον κακὰ πόλλ’ ἀγορεύει, ὡσ πᾶν ἐσμὲν κακὸν ἀνθρώποισ κἀξ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἅπαντα, ἔριδεσ νείκη στάσισ ἀργαλέα λύπη πόλεμοσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parabasis, parabasis1)
  • ἀν’ αὖ σὺ ζωπυρεῖσ νείκη νέα. (Euripides, episode, anapests 8:18)
  • χρυσῆσ ἀρνὸσ ἦν νείκη πέρι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 9:17)
  • ἔσται δ’ ἱππολόφων τε λόγων κορυθαίολα νείκη σχινδαλάμων τε παραξόνια σμιλεύματά τ’ ἔργων, φωτὸσ ἀμυνομένου φρενοτέκτονοσ ἀνδρὸσ ῥήμαθ’ ἱπποβάμονα. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Choral, strophe 21)
  • ὦ παῖδε Λήδασ καὶ Διόσ, τὰ μὲν πάροσ νείκη μεθήσω σφῶν κασιγνήτησ πέρι· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 2:10)

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

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