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.
- ἀρετῇ σε νικῶ θνητὸσ ὢν θεὸν μέγαν· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 5:18)
- ἀλλά σε νικῶ τὸν ἐμοῦ κρείττω φάσκοντ’ εἶναι. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, proagon8)
- τούτοισ γὰρ τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν οὐδεὶσ ἀγαθὸσ σύμβουλοσ εἶναι δοκεῖ, οὐ στρατηγὸσ φρόνιμοσ,1 οὐ σοφιστὴσ ἀξιόλογοσ, οὐ ποιητὴσ ὠφέλιμοσ, οὐ δῆμοσ εὐλόγιστοσ ἀλλ’ ἢ Σωκράτησ ὁ μετὰ τῶν Ἀσπασίασ αὐλητρίδων ἐπὶ τῶν ἐργαστηρίων συνδιατρίβων καὶ Πίστωνι τῷ θωρακοποιῷ διαλεγόμενοσ καὶ Θεοδότην διδάσκων τὴν ἑταίραν ὡσ δεῖ τοὺσ ἐραστὰσ παλεύειν,3 ὡσ Ξενοφῶν παρίστησιν ἐν δευτέρῳ Ἀπομνημονευμάτων, τοιαῦτα γὰρ ποιεῖ αὐτὸν παραγγέλματα τῇ Θεοδότῃ λέγοντα, ἃ οὔτε Νικὼ ἡ Σαμία ἢ Καλλιστράτη ἡ Λεσβία ἢ Φιλαινὶσ ἡ Λευκαδία, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ Πυθόνικοσ συνεωράκασιν πόθων θέλγητρα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 63 1:2)
- σμικρὸν δ’ ἄν τι πόλει χάρμα γένοιτ’ ἐπὶ τῷ, εἴ τισ ἀεθλεύων νικῷ Πίσαο παρ’ ὄχθασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 6 3:1)
- ὁ τοῦ Σοφοκλέουσ Δημοφῶν ἐρώμενοσ τὴν Αἶγα Νικὼ πρεσβυτέραν οὖσαν ποτὲ νέοσ ὢν ἔτ’ αὐτὸσ εἶχεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 45 3:5)
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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