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)
  • Ἑλλάνιε Ζεῦ σὸν τὸ νικητήριον. (Aristotle, Episode 2:24)
  • πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν ᾠὰ μὲν πέντε νικητήριον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 4 1:5)
  • καὶ γὰρ πάλαι πέττει τὰ νικητήρια, εἶθ’ ἑξῆσ φησιν ἐξεπήδησ1’ ἀρτίωσ πέττουσα τὸν χαρίσιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 7 1:1)
  • θήσω δὲ νικητήριον τρεῖσ ταινίασ καὶ μῆλα πέντε καὶ φιλήματ’ ἐννέα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 7 1:5)

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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