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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative νικηφόρος νικήφορον
Genitive νικηφόρου νικηφόρου
Dative νικηφόρῳ νικηφόρῳ
Accusative νικηφόρον νικήφορον
Vocative νικηφόρε νικήφορον
DualN/A/V νικηφόρω νικηφόρω
G/D νικηφόροιν νικηφόροιν
PluralNominative νικηφόροι νικήφορα
Genitive νικηφόρων νικηφόρων
Dative νικηφόροις νικηφόροις
Accusative νικηφόρους νικήφορα
Vocative νικηφόροι νικήφορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νικηφόρος νικηφόρου νικηφορότερος νικηφοροτέρου νικηφορότατος νικηφοροτάτου
Adverb νικηφόρως νικηφορότερον νικηφορότατα

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

  • 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

Similar forms

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

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