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.
- Τύλλοσ μὲν γὰρ ἐβούλετο ἐν ἐλαχίστοισ σώμασι γενέσθαι τὴν τοῦ πολέμου κρίσιν ἑνὸσ Ἀλβανοῦ τοῦ λαμπροτάτου πρὸσ ἕνα Ῥωμαῖον τὸν ἄριστον μονομαχήσοντοσ καὶ πρόθυμοσ ἦν αὐτὸσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδοσ ἀγωνίσασθαι προκαλούμενοσ εἰσ τὴν ὁμοίαν φιλοτιμίαν τὸν Ἀλβανόν, καλοὺσ ἀποφαίνων τοῖσ ἀνειληφόσι τὰσ τῶν στρατοπέδων ἡγεμονίασ τοὺσ ὑπὲρ ἀρχῆσ καὶ δυναστείασ ἀγῶνασ, οὐ μόνον ἐὰν νικήσωσιν ἀγαθοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ἀλλὰ κἂν αὐτοὶ κρατηθῶσιν ὑπ’ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ διεξιὼν ὅσοι στρατηγοὶ καὶ βασιλεῖσ τὰσ ἑαυτῶν ψυχὰσ προκινδυνεῦσαι τῶν κοινῶν παρέσχον δεινὸν ἡγούμενοι τῶν μὲν τιμῶν πλέον αὐτοὶ φέρεσθαι, τῶν δὲ πόνων ἔλαττον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 12 3:1)
- σκυλεύειν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, τοὺσ τελευτήσαντασ πλὴν ὅπλων, ἐπειδὰν νικήσωσιν, ἦ καλῶσ ἔχει; (Plato, Republic, book 5 489:2)
- ἐπανελθόντοσ δὲ εἰσ τὰσ Θήβασ τοῦ Μαρδονίου μετὰ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ, ἔδοξε τοῖσ συνέδροισ τῶν Ἑλλήνων παραλαβεῖν τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ, καὶ πανδημεὶ προσελθόντασ εἰσ τὰσ Πλαταιὰσ διαγωνίσασθαι περὶ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ, εὔξασθαι δὲ καὶ τοῖσ θεοῖσ, ἐὰν νικήσωσιν, ἄγειν κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἡμέραν τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ ἐλευθέρια κοινῇ, καὶ τὸν ἐλευθέριον ἀγῶνα συντελεῖν ἐν ταῖσ Πλαταιαῖσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 28 9:1)
- ἄλλον δὲ κατέστησεν ὡσ ἀπὸ Τροφωνίου προσφάτωσ ἀναβεβηκότα καὶ λέγοντα, διότι προστέταχεν ὁ θεὸσ αὐτοῖσ, ὅταν ἐν Λεύκτροισ νικήσωσιν, ἀγῶνα τιθέναι Διὶ βασιλεῖ στεφανίτην· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 53 5:3)
- μέχρι μὲν γὰρ ἁπλῶσ μηχανοποιόσ ἐστι, μὴ ὅτι κοσμεῖν ἔχει λόγῳ τὴν τέχνην, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τἀκ τῆσ τέχνησ παρέχειν ἑώσ ἂν μὴ νικήσωσιν οἱ ῥήτορεσ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 92:3)
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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