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.
- καὶ νικῆσαι τὸν Ὀνίαν μὴ δυνάμενοσ, ἦλθε πρὸσ Ἀπολλώνιον Θρασαίου τὸν κατ̓ ἐκεῖνον τὸ καιρὸν Κοίλησ Συρίασ καὶ Φοινίκησ στρατηγὸν (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:5)
- Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ δύναμίσ μου καὶ τάξει τοὺσ πόδασ μου εἰσ συντέλειαν. ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἐπιβιβᾷ με τοῦ νικῆσαί με ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 3:19)
- δυνατὸσ γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ, ὡσ ἔφην, νικῆσαι τὰσ τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:17)
- οὐ γάρ, φησί, νικῆσαι βουλόμεθα τὴν ἀρετήν, ὡσ τοὺσ ἀνταγωνιστάσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Libri secundi de antiquis oratoribus reliquiae, chapter 52)
- κἀκεῖ γὰρ ὁ μὲν ἀγαθὸσ δρομεὺσ τῆσ ὕσπληγγοσ εὐθὺσ καταπεσούσησ μόνον τοῦ πρόσω ἐφιέμενοσ καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ἀποτείνασ πρὸσ τὸ τέρμα κἀν τοῖσ ποσὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆσ νίκησ ἔχων τὸν πλησίον οὐδὲν κακουργεῖ οὐδέ τι τῶν ^ κατὰ τοὺσ ἀγωνιστὰσ πολυπραγμονεῖ, ὁ δὲ κακὸσ ἐκεῖνοσ καὶ ἄναθλοσ ἀνταγωνιστὴσ ἀπογνοὺσ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ τάχουσ ἐλπίδα ἐπὶ τὴν κακοτεχνίαν ἐτράπετο, καὶ τοῦτο μόνον ἐξ ἅπαντοσ σκοπεῖ, ὅπωσ τὸν τρέχοντα ἐπισχὼν ἢ ἐμποδίσασ ἐπιστομιεῖ, ὡσ, εἰ τούτου διαμάρτοι, οὐκ ἄν ποτε νικῆσαι δυνάμενοσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 12:4)
Synonyms
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I conquer
-
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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