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.
- οὐ δοκεῖσ πάντων ὠμότατε τύραννε, πλεῖον ἐμοῦ σε νῦν βασανίζεσθαι ὁρῶν σου νικώμενον τὸν τῆσ τυρανίδοσ ὑπερήφανον λογισμὸν ὑπὸ τῆσ διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἡμῶν ὑπομονῆσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:30)
- τὸ δοῦλον ὡσ κακὸν πέφυκ’ ἀεὶ τολμᾷ θ’ ἃ μὴ χρή, τῇ βίᾳ νικώμενον. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 2:19)
- καὶ γὰρ μέτρ’ ἀνθρώποισι καὶ μέρη σταθμῶν Ἰσότησ ἔταξε κἀριθμὸν διώρισε, νυκτόσ τ’ ἀφεγγὲσ βλέφαρον ἡλίου τε φῶσ ἴσον βαδίζει τὸν ἐνιαύσιον κύκλον, κοὐδέτερον αὐτῶν φθόνον ἔχει νικώμενον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 9:28)
- λέγεται δὲ πολλῆσ οἰκειότητοσ αὐτοῖσ καὶ συνηθείασ ὑπαρχούσησ πολλάκισ σχολαζόντων εἰσ παιδιὰν σφαίρασ ἢ κύβων ἢ νὴ Δία θρεμμάτων ἁμίλλησ, οἱο͂ν ὀρτύγων, ἀλεκτρυόνων, ἀεὶ νικώμενον Ἀντώνιον ἀπαλλάττεσθαι· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 7 2:2)
- , οἱο͂ν ὀρτύγων, ἀλεκτρυόνων, ἀεὶ νικώμενον Ἀντώνιον ἀπαλλάττεσθαι· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 7 6:1)
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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