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.
- "νῦν οὖν ἀκίνδυνόσ εἰμι τὰ μέγιστα καὶ θαρρῶ, καὶ νομίζω τὴν Τύχην ὑμῖν παραμενεῖν ἀβλαβῆ καὶ βέβαιον, ἱκανῶσ γὰρ ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖσ ἐμοῖσ κακοῖσ εἰσ τὴν τῶν κατωρθωμένων ἀποκέχρηται νέμεσιν, οὐκ ἀφανέστερον ἔχουσα παράδειγμα τῆσ ἀνθρωπίνησ ἀσθενείασ τοῦ θριαμβευομένου τὸν θριαμβεύοντα πλὴν ὅτι Περσεὺσ μὲν ἔχει καὶ νενικημένοσ τοὺσ παῖδασ, Αἰμίλιοσ δὲ τοὺσ αὑτοῦ νικήσασ ἀπέβαλεν. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 36 3:3)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ μετὰ τὴν μάχην ἔπεμψεν ὁ Περσεὺσ πρέσβεισ περὶ σπονδῶν καὶ εἰρήνησ, ἐκέλευεν ὁ νενικημένοσ τὸν νενικηκότα Ῥωμαίοισ ἐπιτρέπειν τὰ καθ’ αὑτόν. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 2:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ μετὰ τὴν μάχην ἔπεμψεν ὁ Περσεὺσ πρέσβεισ περὶ σπονδῶν καὶ εἰρήνησ, ἐκέλευεν ὁ νενικημένοσ τὸν νενικηκότα Ῥωμαίοισ ἐπιτρέπειν τὰ καθ’ αὑτόν. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 1:1)
- " ὡσ δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Σκιπίων εἶδεν ἀπομηκύνοντα τὴν σεμνολογίαν, ἔφη γελάσασ, "ποῦ δ’ ἂν ἑαυτὸν ἔταττεσ, ὦ Ἀννίβα, μὴ νενικημένοσ ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ; (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 2 5:8)
- ἔνθα συμβαλὼν αὐτοῖσ καὶ δι’ ὅλησ πολεμήσασ ἡμέρασ, οὔτε νενικηκὼσ οὔτε νενικημένοσ διεκρίθη, καὶ ὁ μὲν εἰσ τὴν Ναί̈ν, οἱ δὲ Ἰδουμαῖοι διελύθησαν ἐπ’ οἴκου. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 585:1)
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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