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.
- "σέ, ὦ Πάρι, κελεύει ὁ Ζεύσ, ἐπειδὴ καλόσ τε αὐτὸσ εἶ καὶ σοφὸσ τὰ ἐρωτικά, δικάσαι ταῖσ θεαῖσ, ἥτισ αὐτῶν ἡ καλλίστη ἐστὶν τοῦ δὲ ἀγῶνοσ τὸ ἆθλον ἡ νικῶσα λαβέτω τὸ μῆλον. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 1:1)
- νικῶσα νίκην τίνα; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, antistrophe 1 1:23)
- ἁρ́μασι δ’ ὠκυπόδων ἵππων νικῶσα Κυνίσκα εἰκόνα τάνδ’ ἔστησα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 163)
- ταύτησ ἡγεῖτο τῆσ γνώμησ Ἄππιοσ, καὶ ἦν ἡ νικῶσα αὕτη πολλῆσ ἐμπεσούσησ πάνυ τοῖσ συνέδροισ φιλονεικίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 15 4:1)
- ῥηθέντων δὲ πολλῶν λόγων, οὓσ εἶπον οἱ δυναστεύοντεσ ἐν ἑκάστῃ πόλει, ψῆφοσ ἀνεδόθη τοῖσ παροῦσι, καὶ ἦν ἡ νικῶσα γνώμη κινεῖν τὸν πόλεμον, ὡσ Ῥωμαίων ἀρξάντων τῆσ περὶ τὰσ σπονδὰσ παρανομίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 4 6:2)
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
-
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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