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.
- ἔπειτα τοὺσ περὶ τὴν Βυλλίδα τόπουσ προκαταληφθέντασ ἐπιχειρῶν ἐκβιάζεσθαι καὶ μάχην συνάψασ Κικέρωνι νικᾶται. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 26 2:4)
- καὶ μὴν πολλῷ γ’ ἦν χρησιμώτερον ζητεῖσθαι, ποῖα τῶν σιτίων ὁμολογεῖ τῇ τῆσ αἱματώσεωσ ἐνεργείᾳ καὶ ποῖα διαφέρεται, τοῦ ζητεῖν, τίνα μὲν τῇ τῆσ γαστρὸσ ἐνεργείᾳ νικᾶται Ῥᾳδίωσ, τίνα δ’ ἀντιβαίνει καὶ μάχεται. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 86)
- ὥστ’ ἐν τούτῳ μόνῳ νικᾶται ἐν ᾧ τὸ νικᾶν λυπεῖ καὶ οὗ τὸ νικᾶσθαι λυσιτελέστερον. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 10:1)
- ὁ δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀντεῖχεν ὑπ’ ἀπιστίασ, ὕστερον δὲ πολλῷ χρόνῳ προσλιπαρήσαντοσ τοῦ Τρύφωνοσ νικᾶται τὴν προαίρεσιν εἰσ ἃ Τρύφων παρεκάλει. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 13 161:1)
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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