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νεῖκος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεῖκος νείκους

Structure: νεικο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. quarrel, wrangle, strife
  2. strife of words, railing, abuse, taunt, reproach
  3. strife of law, dispute before a judge
  4. battle, fight

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ σπονδαῖσ καὶ ταῖσ εὐχαῖσ φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν, ὅτι γενναίωσ ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τοῦ νείκουσ ξυνεβήτην. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Lyric-Scene, anapests1)
  • ἦ κάρτα νείκουσ τοῦδ’ ἔσω παροίχομαι θέλω δ’ ἀίδρισ μᾶλλον ἢ σοφὸσ κακῶν εἶναι. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode8)
  • μεθ’ ὧν δ’ οἱ ζωγράφοι τοὺσ ἀσεβεῖσ ἐν Αἵδου γράφουσιν, μετὰ τούτων, μετ’ ἀρᾶσ καὶ βλασφημίασ καὶ φθόνου καὶ στάσεωσ καὶ νείκουσ, περιέρχεται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 61:4)
  • ὅταν μὲν γὰρ εἰσ τὰ στοιχεῖα διίστηται τὸ πᾶν ὑπὸ τοῦ νείκουσ, τότε τὸ πῦρ εἰσ ἓν συγκρίνεται καὶ τῶν ἄλλων στοιχείων ἕκαστον· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 91:1)
  • οὔτε γὰρ ὡσ ἐξ ὕλησ τόδ’ ἐκ τοῦδε δυνατὸν ἰέναι εἰσ ἄπειρον οἱο͂ν σάρκα μὲν ἐκ γῆσ, γῆν δ’ ἐξ ἀέροσ, ἀέρα δ’ ἐκ πυρόσ, καὶ τοῦτο μὴ ἵστασθαι, οὔτε ὅθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆσ κινήσεωσ οἱο͂ν τὸν μὲν ἄνθρωπον ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀέροσ κινηθῆναι, τοῦτον δ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου, τὸν δὲ ἥλιον ὑπὸ τοῦ νείκουσ, καὶ τούτου μηδὲν εἶναι πέρασ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 2 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. quarrel

  2. battle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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