Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νικηφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νικηφόρος

Structure: νικηφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bringing victory
  2. bearing off the prize, conquering, victorious

Examples

  • ἐκ δὲ Λεβαδείασ καὶ τοῦ Τροφωνίου φῆμαί τε χρησταὶ καὶ νικηφόρα μαντεύματα τοῖσ Ῥωμαίοισ ἐξεπέμποντο. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 17 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. bringing victory

  2. bearing off the prize

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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