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.
- εἰ γὰρ τοῖσ πάθεσι δουλωθέντεσ ἐμιαροφάγησαν, ἐλέγομεν ἂν τούτοισ αὐτοὺσ νενικῆσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:2)
- "οὐ δοκοῦσιν ὑμῖν Ἀθηναῖοι νομίζειν ἐν ἀστραγάλοισ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν νενικῆσθαι; (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 8 1:1)
- καὶ πρότερον δὲ Καρχηδονίων τὰσ τριάκοντα μυριάδασ περὶ τὴν Ἱμέραν νενικῆσθαι στρατηγοῦντοσ Γέλωνοσ αὐτοκράτοροσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 93 12:5)
- οὔκουν ἐκεῖ ἔξεστι μετὰ τὴν ἐν τῇ πόλει ψῆφον ἐνεχθεῖσαν ἐλθεῖν ἄλλοσε οὐδ’ ἐπ’ ἄλλουσ δικαστὰσ, ἀλλὰ στέργειν ἀνάγκη τοῖσ ἐγνωσμένοισ, εἰ μή τισ ἐστὶ μικρὰ πόλισ, ὥστε προσδεῖσθαι δικαστῶν ὑπερορίων παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν, ἢ καὶ διώκοντα μὴ κρατήσαντα, μηδὲ τῷ νενικῆσθαι· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:4)
- τοῦτον μὲν γὰρ εἶναι πρὸσ ἀνθρώπουσ, ἃ δ’ ἦν αὐτοῖσ πρὸσ λιμὸν καὶ δίψοσ ἄπορα καὶ πρὸσ ὄρη καὶ θάλασσαν ὁδὸν οὐκ ἔχουσι φυγῆσ, ταῦτ’ αὐτοῖσ διὰ τὴν εὐμένειαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ νενικῆσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 57:2)
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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