νεικ-έω,
future -έσω[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.115: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἐνείκεσα, Epic dialect νείκεσσα or νείκεσα, [[ 3.38, 10.158 ] Refs]: also present νεικείω [[ 2.277 ] Refs], etc.; subjunctive νεικείῃσι, νεικείῃ,[[ 1.579, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 332 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle νεικείουσα [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.35 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: imperfect νείκειον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.26; iterative νεικείεσκον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.241 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: (νεῖκος):—quarrel, wrangle with one, μή μοι ὀπίσσω νεικείῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.189 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔριδος πέρι θυμοβόροιο νεικεῦσ᾽ ἀλλήλῃσι quarrel one with another, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.254; ἐνείκεον εἵνεκα ποινῆς 18.498: with _accusative_ _cognate_, νείκεα.. νεικεῖν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐναντίον 20.252 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νεικέσκομεν οἴω, we two alone strove with him, is probably corrupt in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.512 (νικάσκομεν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely in participle νεικέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.55. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, chide, rail at, upbraid, with accusative person, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.521, +others; Ἀγαμέμνονα ν. μύθῳ 2.224; αἰσχροῖς, ὀνειδείοις, χολωτοῖσιν ἐπέεσσιν, 3.38, 21.480, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.225, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὃς νείκεσσε θεάς.., τὴν δ᾽ ᾔνησ᾽ [Paris] insulted the goddesses (Hera and Athena), but praised the other [[(from Aphrodite), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.29.] Refs 8th c.BC+]—Epic dialect Verb, used twice by [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 8.125, 9.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; not in Attic dialect: in later Prose, [[ LXX.Pro.10.12, +others ] LXX]