ἐκνῑκ-άω,
A. achieve by force,
ὁ χρυσὸς -νικᾷ τάδε
E. Ion 629
;carry one's point that..,c. acc. etinf., Plu. Ant. 63 .
2. c. acc., ἐξενίκησε τὸν δῆμον καὶ τὸν εἴργοντα νόμον τῆς θέας τὰς γυναῖκας
Ael. VH 10.1
:— Pass. , ἄνεμος εἰς γαλήνην ἐξενικήθη
Hld. 5.23
, cf. Ruf. ap. Orib. 5.3.9 .
II. intr.,win a complete victory,
Plb. 15.3.6 .
2. metaph.,gain the upper hand, come into vogue, prevail, ἅπασιamong all, Th. 1.3 ;ἐπὶ τὸ μυθῶδες ἐκνενικηκέναι to have won its wayto the fabulous, ib. 21 ; κακὸν εἰς τοὐμφανὲς ἐξενίκησε
Luc. Abd. 6
; εἰς παροιμίαν