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.
- ε# ἐνικήσαμεν ὡσ ἐβουλόμεσθα,5 καὶ νίκην ἔδοσαν θεοὶ φέροντεσ παρὰ Πανδρόσου ὡ̔σ φίλην Ἀθηνᾶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 50 1:2)
- τῇ μὲν γὰρ ἐκείνων ἀρετῇ ἐνικήσαμεν οὐ μόνον τὴν τότε ναυμαχίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἄλλον πόλεμον· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 62:1)
- ἀήττητοι γὰρ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ὑπό γε ἐκείνων ἐσμέν, ἡμεῖσ δὲ αὐτοὶ ἡμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἐνικήσαμεν καὶ ἡττήθημεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 62:3)
- δὴ κινδύνων ἀναρρίψαντεσ ἐκεῖνον, ἐν ᾧ πολλὰ μὲν τραύματα λαβόντεσ, πολλὰ δὲ σώματα συγγενῶν τε καὶ ἑταίρων καὶ ὁμοσκήνων ἀποβαλόντεσ, ἐνικήσαμεν τοὺσ πολεμίουσ καὶ τοὺσ ἡγεμόνασ αὐτῶν ἀπεκτείναμεν καὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν συγγένειαν ἅπασαν διεφθείραμεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 74 10:1)
- τίνα γὰρ ἄλλον οὕτωσ ἐνικήσαμεν; (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 428:1)
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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