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νῖκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νῖκος νῖκη νῖκον

Structure: νικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: later form for ni/kh, Anth.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μεγαλοψυχίασ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ καλῶσ ἐνεγκεῖν καὶ εὐτυχίαν καὶ ἀτυχίαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀτιμίαν, καὶ τὸ θαυμάζειν μήτε τρυφὴν μήτε θεραπείαν μήτε ἐξουσίαν μήτε τὰσ νίκασ τὰσ ἐναγωνίουσ, ἔχειν δέ τι βάθοσ τῆσ ψυχῆσ καὶ μέγεθοσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 25:1)
  • ἢ τὸν Θεμιστοκλέα ἢ τὸν Μιλτιάδην, τοὺσ μετὰ τηλικαύτασ νίκασ ἐπὶ προδοσίᾳ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ὑπόπτουσ γενομένουσ; (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 29:2)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστισ ἀνήκοοσ ἦν τοῦ Ἡροδότου ονοματοσ, οἱ μὲν αὐτοὶ ἀκούσαντεσ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, οἱ δὲ τῶν ἐκ τῆσ πανηγύρεωσ ἡκόντων πυνθανόμενοι, καὶ εἰ πού γε φανείη μόνον, ἐδείκνυτο ἂν τῷ δακτύλῳ, Οὗτοσ ἐκεῖνοσ Ἡρόδοτόσ ἐστιν ὁ τὰσ μάχασ τὰσ Περσικὰσ Ιἀστὶ συγγεγραφώσ, ὁ τὰσ νίκασ ἡμῶν ὑμνήσασ. (Lucian, Herodotus 4:2)
  • Ἡρόδοτοσ μὲν οὖν ‐ ἐπάνειμι γὰρ ἐπ̓ ἐκεῖνον ‐ ἱκανὴν τῶν Ὀλυμπίων τὴν πανήγυριν ἡγεῖτο καὶ συγγραφέα θαυμαστὸν δεῖξαι τοῖσ Ἕλλησι τὰσ Ἑλληνικὰσ νίκασ διεξιόντα, ὡσ ἐκεῖνοσ διεξῆλθεν. (Lucian, Herodotus 12:1)
  • τὼσ νῦν καὶ ἐμοὶ μυρία πάντᾳ κέλευθοσ ὑμετέραν ἀρετὰν ὑμνεῖν, κυανοπλοκάμου θ’ ἕκατι Νίκασ χαλκεοστέρνου τ’ Ἄρηοσ, Δεινομένευσ ἀγέρω‐ χοι παῖδεσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 3:1)

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

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