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.
- νικώσησ δὲ αὖ τῆσ Στοᾶσ, καὶ οὗτοσ ἔσται τῆσ Ἀρετῆσ κεκριμένοσ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 23:9)
- ὁ δ’ οὐ καλῶσ ἔχειν ἔφη ταῦτα Παυσανίαν ἀποκρύψασθαι, ἐκείνῳ γὰρ ἀνακεῖσθαι τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, πρὸσ δὲ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἄρρητα πρὸ τῆσ μάχησ ἔδοξεν ἔσεσθαι, νικώσησ δὲ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ οὐδένα τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου προθυμίαν καὶ ἀρετὴν ἀγνοήσειν. (Plutarch, , chapter 15 4:2)
- ἐκεῖνό γε μὴν πῶσ οὐ καλὸν καὶ μεγαλογνῶμον, τὸ αὐτὸν μὲν ἀνδρὸσ ἔργοισ καὶ κτήμασι κοσμεῖν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον, κύνασ τε πολλοὺσ θηρευτὰσ καὶ ἵππουσ πολεμιστηρίουσ τρέφοντα, Κυνίσκαν δὲ ἀδελφὴν οὖσαν πεῖσαι ἁρματοτροφεῖν καὶ ἐπιδεῖξαι νικώσησ αὐτῆσ ὅτι τὸ θρέμμα τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνδραγαθίασ ἀλλὰ πλούτου ἐπίδειγμά ἐστι; (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 7:1)
- τὸν δ’ ἔμπροσθεν χρόνον ἐκ τῆσ νικώσησ ἔπραττον πάντα οἱ στρατηγοί. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 1 20:3)
- τούτουσ δὲ ἐψηφίσαντο ἐκ τῆσ νικώσησ ὅ τι δοκοίη τοῦτο ποιεῖν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 15:3)
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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