νῑκάω,
Ionic dialect νικέω [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 249, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.51, also “GDI” 1413.16 (Aetol.), “SIG” 265.4 (Delph., 4th c.BC), variant in NT.Rev.2.7 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect νίκημι [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.40, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.743 (Antip.)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in imperfect νίκη conjecture in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.5, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect 1st pers. plural νικάσκομεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.512: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]future -ήσω, later -ήσομαι[[ 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “Facet.” 205 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular νικαξῇ variant in [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.32: ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]perfect νενίκηκα, etc.: (νίκη):
__I absolutely, conquer, prevail in battle, in the games, or in any contest, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.439, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ νικήσας the conqueror,[[ [prev. work] 138, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ νικηθείς the conquered, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.656, 663 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐνίκησα καὶ δεύτερος καὶ τέταρτος ἐγενόμην I won the first prize [at Olympia], etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: present frequently in sense, to be (or be proclaimed) conqueror, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.112, 13.30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.27, “An.” 2.1.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νικᾶν πᾶσι τοῖς κριταῖς or ἑνὶ κριτῇ in their opinion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 445, 447 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολὺ ν. win a decisive victory, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34, etc.; τὰ πάντα ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” [same place]: frequently with _dative_ modi, πυγμῇ] Refs 5th c.BC+] in boxing, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.669; ναυμαχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.β᾽] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππῳ [[ [prev. author] 6.122; μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1143, etc.; ἵππῳ ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d; λαμπάδι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.42, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_ in same sense, πάντα ἐνίκα] Refs 5th c.BC+] he won all the bouts, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.389, 5.807 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ κοῦφα, τὰ μείζοναν., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1029, 1031; τῶν παλαισμάτων ἓν ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256b; ἅρμα ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).25; παγκράτιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναυμαχίαν, μάχας, [[ [prev. author] 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.257, etc.: frequently ν. Ὀλύμπια] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be conqueror in the Olympian games, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126; τὠλύμπια 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.17; τὰ Παναθήναια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 530b; ν. Ὀλυμπιάδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.33 (also ν. Ὀλυμπίασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d; ἐν Πυθίοισι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.9): with _dative_ et _accusative_, τὰ Πύθια τῷ τεθρίππῳ ν. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλοὺς ἀγῶνας οὐ παγκρατίῳ μόνον, κτλ., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.811d] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ὀλυμπίασι παῖδας στάδιον ν. conquer in the boys' race in the stadium at Olympia, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.66: with double _accusative_, Πύθια ν. ἄνδρας] Refs 4th c.BC+] Diog.Cyn. cited in [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.33 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: also in Attic dialect Inscrr. with genitive, Λεωντὶς ἀνδρῶν ἐνίκα [[ “IG” 2.1291, +others: generally with _accusative_ _cognate_, νίκην ν.] Refs] win a victory, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1060, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, etc. (compare below 11)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ν. τρίποδα win it, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]