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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

Examples

  • ’ παρέστηκά σοι, καὶ ἤν με, ὦ Πάρι, δικάσῃσ καλήν, οὔποτε ἥττων ἄπει ἐκ μάχησ, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ κρατῶν πολεμιστὴν γάρ σε καὶ νικηφόρον ἀπεργάσομαι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 12:3)
  • πρέποι γὰρ ἂν κἀμὲ νικηφόρον ὑμῖν συμπαρεῖναι καὶ ἑορτάξειν ἅμα καὶ τοὺσ γάμουσ καὶ τὰ ἐπινίκια. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 16:2)
  • μῆτερ, πύκαζε κρᾶτ’ ἐμὸν νικηφόρον, καὶ χαῖρε τοῖσ ἐμοῖσι βασιλικοῖσ γάμοισ· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 1:7)
  • δεῖξόν νυν, ὦ τάλαινα, σὴν νικηφόρον ἀστοῖσιν ἄγραν ἣν φέρουσ’ ἐλήλυθασ. (Euripides, episode1)
  • ὡσ σωτηρίαν Ἕλλησι δώσουσ’ ἔρχομαι νικηφόρον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:54)

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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