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

  • ἔθοσ δὲ ἦν κωμάζειν τὴν νίην τοῖσ νικηφόροισ μετ’ αὐλητοῦ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 683)

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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