νίκ-η [ῑ], ἡ,
victory, ν. φαίνεται Μενελάου victory clearly belongs to M., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.457, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 80, etc.; μάχης ν. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.26, 8.171; ν. πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 641a, compare c; ἡ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ν. [prev. work] 647b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently of victory in the games, Ἰσθμία ν. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.13; ν. παγκρατίου or ἀπὸ π., [prev. work] 7(6).22, 6(5).60: with _genitive_ objecti, ν. ἀντιπάλων] Refs 5th c.BC+] victory over.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 521; ἡ τῶν ἡδονῶν ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 840c: with _genitive_ _of things_, τῶν πολεμικῶν ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.5; ν. δοῦναί τινι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.845, etc.; ν. καὶ κράτος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 85; νίκην νικᾶν τινα, see at {νικάω} I.1, 11.1b. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 later, generally, mastery, ascendancy, etc., in all relations, νίκην διασῴζεσθαι to keep the fruits of victory, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.26, compare 4.1.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 success in a lawsuit, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.544 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in the concrete, damages, etc., recovered, [[ Leges Gortynensium 9.31. ] Refs]
__II proper name, Nike, the goddess of victory, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 384, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.26, etc.; Νίκη Ἀθάνα Πολιάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 134, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 457 (Lyric poetry), 1529. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]