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

  • "ἐγὼ δ’ εἰσφέρω πρῶτοσ, ὅτι δεῖ τὴν τῶν νικηφόρων δόξαν ἄφθιτον, ὡσ ἀνυστὸν ἐστι, καὶ ἀγήρων διαμένειν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 6:2)
  • ἐπὶ γὰρ τὴν τοῦ τῆσ παιδείασ ἐπιμελουμένου πάσησ οἴκησιν ἴτω πιστεύων ἱκανῶσ εἶναι ξένοσ τῷ τοιούτῳ ξένῳ, ἢ τὴν τῶν νικηφόρων τινὸσ ἐπ’ ἀρετῇ, συνὼν δὲ τούτων τισὶν τὸ μὲν διδάξασ, τὸ δὲ μαθὼν ἀπαλλαττέσθω, φίλοσ παρὰ φίλων δώροισ καὶ τιμαῖσ πρεπούσαισ τιμηθείσ. (Plato, Laws, book 12 83:2)

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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