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.
- τῆσ δὲ περὶ Ἀμοργὸν ἥττησ τῶν νεῶν συμβάσησ τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ, φθάσασ τοὺσ ἀπαγγέλλοντασ εἰσήλασεν ἐστεφανωμένοσ διὰ τοῦ Κεραμεικοῦ, καὶ προσαγγείλασ ὅτι νενικήκασιν, εὐαγγέλια θύειν ἔγραψε καὶ κρεωδαισίαν τινὰ κατὰ φυλὴν ἐποίησεν. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 11 3:1)
- "Πύρροσ, οὐκ Ἠπειρῶται Ῥωμαίουσ νενικήκασιν. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 1:1)
- "Πύρροσ, οὐκ Ἠπειρῶται Ῥωμαίουσ νενικήκασιν. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, Gaiou Fabrikiou, section 11)
- τελευτήσαντεσ δὲ δὴ ὑπόπτεροι καὶ ἐλαφροὶ γεγονότεσ τῶν τριῶν παλαισμάτων τῶν ὡσ ἀληθῶσ Ὀλυμπιακῶν ἓν νενικήκασιν, οὗ μεῖζον ἀγαθὸν οὔτε σωφροσύνη ἀνθρωπίνη οὔτε θεία μανία δυνατὴ πορίσαι ἀνθρώπῳ. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 200:1)
- τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ παρασκευαζομένων αὐτῶν τὰ πρὸσ τὴν παράταξιν, προσέπεσε φήμη ὅτι νενικήκασιν οἱ Ἕλληνεσ τοὺσ Πέρσασ κατὰ τὰσ Πλαταιάσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 34 8:2)
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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