Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νικητήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νικητήριος νικητήριᾱ νικητήριον

Structure: νικητηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nika/w

Sense

  1. belonging to a conqueror or to victory;, as the conqueror's reward
  2. the prize of victory
  3. the festival of victory

Examples

  • πρὸσ σοῦ δικαίωσ, ἣν ὁ μὲν βίᾳ γαμεῖ, τὰ δ’ οἴκοθεν κεῖν’ ἀντὶ νικητηρίων πικρῶσ ἐδούλευσ’; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:18)
  • καὶ χαρίσασθαι κελεύουσιν ὑμᾶσ, ὥσπερ περὶ δωρεᾶσ, ἀλλ’ οὐ περὶ νικητηρίων τῶν λόγων ὄντων, ἢ καὶ χάριν τιθεμένων διὰ τῶν τοιούτων τοῖσ ἀμελοῦσιν ὑμῶν, ἀλλ’ οὐ διὰ τῶν βελτιόνων τοῖσ ὑπηρετοῦσιν ἃ δεῖ χαρίζεσθαι προσῆκον. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 22:1)
  • τῶν μὲν οὖν νικητηρίων πρὸσ τὸν κοινὸν βίον οὐκ ἀμφισβητῶ πω ὑπὲρ νοῦ, τῶν δὲ δὴ δευτερείων ὁρᾶν καὶ σκοπεῖν χρὴ πέρι τί δράσομεν· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 70:5)
  • τῶν γὰρ νικητηρίων πέρι μαχομένη κεῖται. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 72:3)
  • τὸν δὲ νοῦν, ὡσ ἐοίκε, λεκτέον ὡσ ἐμφρόνωσ οὐκ ἀντεποιεῖτο τῶν νικητηρίων· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 72:4)

Synonyms

  1. the prize of victory

  2. the festival of victory

Related

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

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