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.
- καίτοι περάσασ κοῖλον αὐλώνων βάθοσ, εἰ μὴ κυρήσεισ πολεμίουσ ἀπὸ χθονὸσ φεύγοντασ, ἀλλὰ σὸν βλέποντασ ἐσ δόρυ, νικώμενοσ μὲν οὔτι μὴ μόλῃσ πάλιν· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:18)
- σοφίζομαι δὲ κἀπὶ τοῖσι φιλτάτοισ τέχνασ πορίζω, πανταχῇ νικώμενοσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 4:38)
- "μόνοσ γὰρ οὗτοσ οὔτε νικῶν δίδωσιν ἀνάπαυσιν οὔτε λαμβάνει νικώμενοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ μαχησόμεθα πρὸσ τοῦτον, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ᾧ τοῦ τολμᾶν ἀεὶ καὶ τὸ θαρρεῖν εὐτυχοῦντι καὶ σφαλλομένῳ τὸ αἰδεῖσθαι πρόφασίσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 26 1:2)
- ἐπὶ τούτοισ τὰσ μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεοῦ θείσ, τὰσ δ’ ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ ψήφουσ, ἀνεφάνη νικώμενοσ. (Plutarch, chapter 5 2:1)
- καρπώματα στάζοντα κηρύσσει Κύπρισ καλωρα κωλύουσαν θωσμένειν ἐρῶ, καὶ παρθένων χλιδαῖσιν εὐμόρφοισ ἔπι πᾶσ τισ παρελθὼν ὄμματοσ θελκτήριον τόξευμ’ ἔπεμψεν, ἱμέρου νικώμενοσ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, trochees11)
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
-
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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