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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

  • εἶτα, ὦ Σόλων, ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδήλῳ καὶ ἀμφιβόλῳ τῆσ νίκησ τοσοῦτοι πονοῦσι, καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰδότεσ ὅτι ὁ μὲν νικῶν εἷσ ἔσται πάντωσ, οἱ δὲ ἡττώμενοι πάμπολλοι, μάτην ἄθλιοι πληγάσ, οἱ δὲ καὶ τραύματα λαβόντεσ; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 13:6)
  • Λάχων Διὸσ μεγίστου λάχε φέρτατον πόδεσσι κῦδοσ ἐπ’ Ἀλφεοῦ προχοαῖσ[ι νικῶν, δι’ ὅσσα πάροιθεν ἀμπελοτρόφον Κέον ἀείσάν ποτ’ Ὀλυμπίᾳ πύξ τε καὶ στάδιον κρατεῦ‐ σαν] στεφάνοισ ἐθείρασ νεανίαι βρύοντεσ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 6 1:1)
  • νικῶν δ’ ἔφεδρον παῖδ’ ἔχεισ τὸν Πηλέωσ, ὅσ σ’ οὐκ ἐάσει ναυσὶν ἐμβαλεῖν φλόγα, οὐδ’ ὧδ’ Ἀχαιούσ, ὡσ δοκεῖσ, ἀναρπάσαι. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:21)
  • οὐ γὰρ τὸ νικῶν τοῦτ’ ἐκέρδαινεν μόνον, ἀλλ’ ᾤχετ’ ἐσ τὸ κάμνον οἰκείου στρατοῦ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:17)
  • νικῶν δ’ ἀπῆρα φόνια πειρατήρια. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. victory

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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