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νίκη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νίκη νίκης

Structure: νικ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. victory
  2. the upper hand, advantage

Declension

First declension

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.

Examples

  • ἄρτι δὲ τῆσ ἀνατολῆσ διαδεχομένησ προσέβαλον ἑκάτεροι, οἱ μὲν ἔγγυον ἔχοντεσ εὐημερίασ καὶ νίκησ μετ̓ ἀρετῆσ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον καταφυγήν, οἱ δὲ καθηγεμόνα τῶν ἀγώνων ταττόμενοι τὸν θυμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:28)
  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ τῇ τούτων ἀνοίᾳ συμπεριενεχθέντεσ καὶ μετὰ νίκησ διακομισθέντεσ καὶ εἰσ τὴν Αἴγυπτον τοῖσ πᾶσιν ἔθνεσι φιλανθρώπωσ ἀπαντήσαντεσ καθὼσ ἔπρεπεν ἐποιήσαμεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 3:20)
  • κατ’ οὐδένα τρόπον μετέτρεψε τοὺσ τῆσ εὐσεβείασ οἴακασ, ἕωσ οὗ ἔπλευσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τῆσ ἀθανάτου νίκησ λιμένα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:3)
  • τῶν περὶ θάνατον, καὶ τὸ εὐθαρσῆ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ, καὶ τὸ εὔτολμον πρὸσ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, καὶ τὸ μᾶλλον αἱρεῖσθαι τεθνάναι καλῶσ ἢ αἰσχρῶσ σωθῆναι, καὶ τὸ νίκησ αἴτιον εἶναι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 17:1)
  • εἴξατέ μοι πολέμοιο συνήθεεσ, εἴξατε νίκησ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 193)

Synonyms

  1. victory

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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