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.
- ἠξίουν δέ, οὓσ μὴ μόνοι νικῷεν, οὐδ’ ἂν μετὰ τῶν συμμάχων δύνασθαι· (Lysias, Speeches, 31:3)
- εἰ οὖν μηχανή τισ γένοιτο ὥστε πόλιν γενέσθαι ἢ στρατόπεδον ἐραστῶν τε καὶ παιδικῶν, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπωσ ἂν ἄμεινον οἰκήσειαν τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἢ ἀπεχόμενοι πάντων τῶν αἰσχρῶν καὶ φιλοτιμούμενοι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, καὶ μαχόμενοί γ’ ἂν μετ’ ἀλλήλων οἱ τοιοῦτοι νικῷεν ἂν ὀλίγοι ὄντεσ ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν πάντασ ἀνθρώπουσ. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 70:3)
- ἐπεὶ δ’ ᾔσθοντο οἱ μὲν Ἕλληνεσ ὅτι βασιλεὺσ σὺν τῷ στρατεύματι ἐν τοῖσ σκευοφόροισ εἰή, βασιλεὺσ δ’ αὖ ἤκουσε Τισσαφέρνουσ ὅτι οἱ Ἕλληνεσ νικῷεν τὸ καθ’ αὑτοὺσ καὶ εἰσ τὸ πρόσθεν οἴχονται διώκοντεσ, ἔνθα δὴ βασιλεὺσ μὲν ἁθροίζει τε τοὺσ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ συντάττεται, ὁ δὲ Κλέαρχοσ ἐβουλεύετο Πρόξενον καλέσασ πλησιαίτατοσ γὰρ ἦν, εἰ πέμποιέν τινασ ἢ πάντεσ ἰοιέν ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον ἀρήξοντεσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 10 6:1)
- σπείσαντεσ δὲ τοῖσ μὲν ἄλλοισ παρήγγελλον συσκευάζεσθαι, αὐτοὶ δὲ συγκαλέσαντεσ τοὺσ στρατηγοὺσ ἐβουλεύοντο ὅπωσ ἂν κάλλιστα διαβαῖεν καὶ τούσ τε ἔμπροσθεν νικῷεν καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ὄπισθεν μηδὲν πάσχοιεν κακόν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 16:2)
- ὄντι δ’ αὐτῷ ἐν Ἀμφιπόλει ἀγγέλλει Δερκυλίδασ ὅτι νικῷέν τε αὖ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, καὶ αὐτῶν μὲν τεθνάναι ὀκτώ, τῶν δὲ πολεμίων παμπλήθεισ· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 2:2)
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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