νῑκάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
νῑκάω
νῑκήσω
ἐνῑ́κησα
νενῑ́κηκα
νενῑ́κημαι
ἐνῑκήθην
Structure:
νῑκά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I conquer, prevail, win
- I prevail, I am superior
- (of opinions) I prevail
- (with infinitive) I succeed
- (law) I win my cause
Conjugation
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.
- ἐπειδὴ γὰρ κατά τὴν πρώτην πεῖραν ἐνικήθη περιφανῶσ ὁ τύραννοσ μὴ δυνηθεὶσ ἀναγκάσαι γέροντα μιαροφαγῆσαι, τότε δὴ σφόδρα περιπαθῶσ ἐκέλευσεν ἄλλουσ ἐκ τῆσ ἡλικίασ τῶν Ἑβραίων ἀγαγεῖν, καὶ εἰ μὲν μιαροφαγήσαιεν, ἀπολύειν φαγόντασ, εἰ δὲ ἀντιλέγοιεν, πικρότερον βασανίζειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:2)
- ὁ δὲ Δίφιλοσ ἠξίου καὶ τὰ τῷ Ζήνωνι δὴ ἀπόντι παραδοθέντα φέρεσθαι καὶ ἔλεγε μόνῳ παρατεθῆναι οἱ αὐτὰ καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ διακόνουσ ἐμάχετο, καὶ ἀντέσπων τῆσ ὄρνιθοσ ἐπειλημμένοι ὥσπερ τὸν Πατρόκλου νεκρὸν ἀνθέλκοντεσ, καὶ τέλοσ ἐνικήθη καὶ ἀφῆκε πολὺν γέλωτα παρασχὼν τοῖσ συμπόταισ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπεὶ ἠγανάκτει μετὰ τοῦτο ὡσ ἂν τὰ μέγιστα ἠδικημένοσ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 42:2)
- Ὁ δ’ ἐπελθὼν καὶ συμβαλὼν μάχῃ ἐνικήθη πολλῶν τῶν μετ’ αὐτοῦ πεσόντων. (Flavius Josephus, 30:1)
- "ὦ Λέντλε, Φαβίῳ Μαξίμῳ καὶ γενοῦ μάρτυσ αὐτόσ, ὅτι Παῦλοσ Αἰμίλιοσ ἐνέμεινεν αὐτοῦ τοῖσ λογισμοῖσ ἄχρι τέλουσ καὶ τῶν ὁμολογηθέντων πρόσ ἐκεῖνον οὐδὲν ἔλυσεν, ἀλλ’ ἐνικήθη πρότερον ὑπὸ Βάρρωνοσ, εἶθ’ ὑπὸ Ἀννίβου. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 16 7:1)
- ὁ δὲ βωμὸσ μαντεύεται κατ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρόν, καθ’ ὃν ἐνικήθη Πύρροσ· (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 6 1:4)
Synonyms
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I conquer
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I prevail
- μαντεύω (Module:Quotations:218: attempt to compare number with nil)
- ἰᾱτρεύω (Module:Quotations:218: attempt to compare number with nil)
- ἰᾱτρεύω (Module:Quotations:218: attempt to compare number with nil)
- ἰῶμαι ()
- ἡγοῦμαι (Module:Quotations:218: attempt to compare number with nil)
- ἐργάζομαι (Module:Quotations:218: attempt to compare number with nil)
- ἐπικρατέω (to be superior)
- ἰσχύω ( to prevail)
- περιγίγνομαι (to be superior to, to prevail over, overcome)
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I prevail
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I succeed
- διαδέχομαι (to succeed)
- ἐπιτυγχάνω (to succeed in)
- ἰσχύω ( to prevail)
- πρόειμι (to go on well, succeed)
- ἐπιτυγχάνω (to be successful in, to succeed, be successful)
- ἐπαρκέω (to be sufficient, to prevail)
- ἐφαιρέομαι (to be chosen to succeed)
- ἐπισχύω (to prevail, be urgent)
- ἀποβαίνω (to turn out, to turn out well, succeed)
- μεταλαμβάνω (to take after, to succeed to)
- ῥέπω ( to preponderate, prevail)
- ὑπερίσχω (to be above, to prevail over)
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I win my cause
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