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.
- καί μοι τῶν πεπραγμένων ἀναμνήσθητε, ἡνίκα Δημοσθένησ καὶ Λυκοῦργοσ τῷ μὲν λόγῳ παραταττόμενοι τοὺσ Μακεδόνασ ἐνίκων ἐν Τριβαλλοῖσ, μόνον δ’ οὐχ ὁρατὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματοσ νεκρὸν τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον προέθηκαν, ἐν τῷ δήμῳ δ’ ἀλείψαντεσ λόγοισ εὐπρεπέσι Θηβαίων τοὺσ παρόντασ φυγάδων θυμοὺσ ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ ἠκόνησαν, ἐμὲ δὲ στυγνὸν καὶ περίλυπον ἔφασκον εἶναι, μὴ συνευδοκοῦντα ἔχει τι πικρὸν ὁ τῆσ ἀληθείασ λόγοσ, ἐπειδάν τισ ἀκράτῳ παρρησίᾳ χρώμενοσ μεγάλων ἀγαθῶν προσδοκίαν ἀφαιρῆται· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 17:1)
- πληθυντικῶν δὲ καὶ ἑνικῶν ἀλλάττων τὰσ φύσεισ καὶ ἀντικατηγορῶν ταῦτα ἀλλήλων, θηλυκά τ’ ἀρρενικοῖσ καὶ ἀρρενικὰ θηλυκοῖσ καὶ οὐδέτερα τούτων τισὶν συνάπτων, ἐξ ὧν ἡ κατὰ φύσιν ἀκολουθία πλανᾶται· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 2 2:3)
- παρὰ δὲ τὰσ τῶν ἑνικῶν τε καὶ πληθυντικῶν διαφοράσ, ὅταν ἐναλλάττῃ τὴν ἑκατέρου τούτων τάξιν, ἑνικὰ μὲν ἀντὶ πληθυντικῶν οὕτωσ ἐκφέρει· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 91)
- ὁρ́μαον τὼσ κυρσανίωσ ὦ Μναμού̈να τάν τ’ ἐμὰν Μῶαν, ἅτισ οἶδεν ἁμὲ τώσ τ’ Ἀσαναίωσ, ὅκα τοὶ μὲν ἐπ’ Ἀρταμιτίῳ πρὤκροον σιοείκελοι ποττὰ κᾶλα τὼσ Μήδωσ τ’ ἐνίκων, ἁμὲ δ’ αὖ Λεωνίδασ ἆγεν ᾇπερ τὼσ κάπρωσ θάγοντασ οἰῶ τὸν ὀδόντα· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric1)
- ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐπ’ Εὐρυμέδοντι ποταμῷ ἐν Παμφυλίᾳ πεζομαχία καὶ ναυμαχία Ἀθηναίων καὶ τῶν ξυμμάχων πρὸσ Μήδουσ, καὶ ἐνίκων τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀμφότερα Ἀθηναῖοι Κίμωνοσ τοῦ Μιλτιάδου στρατηγοῦντοσ, καὶ εἷλον τριήρεισ Φοινίκων καὶ διέφθειρον τὰσ πάσασ διακοσίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 13 2:2)
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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