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.
- παροῦσάν τε μιμοῦνται αὐτὴν καὶ ποθοῦσιν ἀπελθοῦσαν. καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι στεφανηφοροῦσα πομπεύει τὸν τῶν ἀμιάντων ἄθλων ἀγῶνα νικήσασα. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:2)
- σφόδρα δὴ γενομένη πρὸσ τῷ πράγματι καὶ σπουδάσασα περὶ τὴν παιδιάν, εὖ δέ πωσ αὐτῇ καὶ τῶν κύβων πεσόντων, νικήσασα λαμβάνει τὸν Μασαβάτην οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἐν τοῖσ ὑπεξῃρημένοισ. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 17 4:2)
- ἡ γὰρ ἄνευ λόγου δόξησ ἐπὶ τἀγαθὸν ὁρμώσησ κρατήσασα ἐπιθυμία, πρὸσ ἡδονὴν ἄγουσα κάλλουσ καὶ τῶν ἑαυτῆσ συγγενῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, ἐπὶ σωμάτων κάλλοσ ἐρρωμένωσ ῥωσθεῖσα νικήσασα ἀγωγὴ ἀπ’ αὐτῆσ τῆσ ῥώμησ ἐπωνυμίαν λαβοῦσα ἔρωσ ἐκλήθη καὶ τοσαύτην ἐκμηκύνασ περίφρασιν ὀλίγοισ τοῖσ ὀνόμασι δυναμένου περιληφθῆναι πράγματοσ ἐπιλαμβάνεται τῆσ ἀκαιρίασ τῆσ αὐτὸσ αὐτοῦ καί φησι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 7 2:3)
- ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡ θήλεια τὸν ἄρσενα νικήσασα ἐξελάσῃ, καὶ κῦδοσ ἐν Ἀργείοισιν ἄρηται, πολλὰσ Ἀργείων ἀμφιδρυφέασ τότε θήσει· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 901)
- ἐν τῷ παρελθόντι ἐνιαυτῷ τὸν Σαυνιτικὸν πόλεμον ὑπὲρ ἁπάσησ Καμπανίασ ἡ τῶν Ῥωμαίων πόλισ ἀραμένη καὶ τρισὶ νικήσασα μάχαισ τοὺσ ἀντιταχθέντασ ἐβούλετο μὲν ἁπάσασ ἀπάγειν τὰσ δυνάμεισ ὡσ οὐθενὸσ ἔτι κινδύνου ταῖσ πόλεσι καταλειπομένου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 15, chapter 3 2:1)
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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