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.
- τοὺσ δὲ υἱούσ σου οὐδὲ ἰοβόλων δρακόντων ἐνίκησαν ὀδόντεσ, τὸ ἔλεοσ γάρ σου ἀντιπαρῆλθε καὶ ἰάσατο αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:10)
- αἱ θυγατέρεσ Ἐρεχθέωσ τῷ καλῷ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ τὸ θῆλυ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐνίκησαν, καὶ τὸ τῆσ φύσεωσ ἀσθενὲσ ἔπανδρον ἐποίησεν ἡ πρὸσ τὸ θρέψαν ἔδαφοσ φιλοστοργία. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 37:1)
- ἐπειδὴ δ’ ἐνίκησαν, ἐκλαθόμενοι τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐνοίκουσ καὶ συμμάχουσ πίστεωσ πάντασ αὐτοὺσ διεχρήσαντο πολλὰσ μυριάδασ ὄντασ. (Flavius Josephus, 32:3)
- καὶ κρίσιν μὲν ὀξυτάτην μέγιστοσ ἀγὼν οὗτόσ ἔσχεν ἐνάτησ γὰρ ὡρ́ασ ἀρξάμενοι μάχεσθαι πρὸ δεκάτησ ἐνίκησαν τῷ δὲ λειπομένῳ τῆσ ἡμέρασ χρησάμενοι πρὸσ τὴν δίωξιν καὶ μέχρι σταδίων ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι διώξαντεσ ἑσπέρασ ἤδη βαθείασ ἀπετράποντο. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 22 1:1)
- ἣν δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι Ταρκυνίουσ μετὰ Λατίνων ἐπιστρατεύσαντασ ἐνίκησαν, αὐτάγγελοι φράζοντεσ ὤφθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοῦ μικρὸν ὕστερον ἄνδρεσ δύο καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι, τούτουσ εἴκασαν εἶναι Διοσκούρουσ. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 25 1:2)
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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