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.
- νυνὶ δὲ τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὰ πάθη νικήσαντοσ, αὐτῷ προσηκόντωσ τὴν τῆσ ἡγεμονίασ προσνέμομεν ἐξουσίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 6:33)
- πολυπραγμονοῦντεσ γὰρ ἀπώλεσαν τὴν δύναμιν Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ παρὰ τοὺσ Φαβίου λογισμοὺσ ἐκπέμψαντεσ ἐπὶ Καρχηδονίουσ Σκηπίωνα πάντων ἐκράτησαν, οὐ τύχῃ, σοφίᾳ δὲ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ ἀνδρείᾳ κατὰ κράτοσ νικήσαντοσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus, chapter 2 3:2)
- Λεωνίδασ δὲ ὁ Κλεωνύμου τῆσ μὲν ἑτέρασ οἰκίασ ἦν Ἀγιάδησ, ὄγδοοσ δὲ ἀπὸ Παυσανίου τοῦ νικήσαντοσ ἐν Πλαταιαῖσ μάχῃ Μαρδόνιον. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 3 3:1)
- νικήσαντοσ δὲ τοῦ Σοφοκλέουσ λέγεται τὸν Αἰσχύλον περιπαθῆ γενόμενον καὶ βαρέωσ ἐνεγκόντα χρόνον οὐ πολὺν Ἀθήνησι διαγαγεῖν, εἶτ’ οἴχεσθαι δι’ ὀργὴν εἰσ Σικελίαν, ὅπου καὶ τελευτήσασ περὶ Γέλαν τέθαπται. (Plutarch, , chapter 8 8:2)
- μάχονται δὲ καὶ οἱ χῆροι αὐτῶν πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ καὶ ὁ ἡττηθεὶσ ὀχεύεται ὑπὸ τοῦ νικήσαντοσ Ἀριστοτέλησ , δέ φησιν ὅτι τὸν ἡττηθέντα πάντεσ ἐν μέρει ὀχεύουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 4:1)
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
-
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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