νίκη

See also: Νίκη and νίκῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νῑ́κᾱ f (nī́kā) — Doric
• νῖκος n (nîkos), νεῖκος n (neîkos) — Koine

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to attack, run at”) and cognate with νεῖκος (neîkos, “quarrel; strife”), Lithuanian ap-ni̇̀kti (“to attack”); however, Beekes is semantically unconvinced, and prefers to take the word as Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǐː.kɛː/ → /ˈni.ci/ → /ˈni.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǐː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ci/

Noun

νῑ́κη • (nī́kē) f (genitive νῑ́κης); first declension

1. victory; success (the act of winning)} [with genitive ‘over, in something’]
   1. things won in victory; fruits of victory
   2. the upper hand; advantage

Declension

First declension of ἡ νῑ́κη; τῆς νῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῑ́κη hē nī́kē	τὼ νῑ́κᾱ tṑ nī́kā	αἱ νῖκαι hai nîkai
Genitive	τῆς νῑ́κης tês nī́kēs	τοῖν νῑ́καιν toîn nī́kain	τῶν νῑκῶν tôn nīkôn
Dative	τῇ νῑ́κῃ tēî nī́kēi	τοῖν νῑ́καιν toîn nī́kain	ταῖς νῑ́καις taîs nī́kais
Accusative	τὴν νῑ́κην tḕn nī́kēn	τὼ νῑ́κᾱ tṑ nī́kā	τᾱ̀ς νῑ́κᾱς tā̀s nī́kās
Vocative	νῑ́κη nī́kē	νῑ́κᾱ nī́kā	νῖκαι nîkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of νῑ́κη; νῑ́κης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νῑ́κη nī́kē	νῑ́κᾱ nī́kā	νῖκαι nîkai
Genitive	νῑ́κης nī́kēs	νῑ́καιῐ̈ν nī́kaiĭ̈n	νῑκᾱ́ων / νῑκέων / νῑκῶν nīkā́ōn / nīkéōn / nīkôn
Dative	νῑ́κῃ nī́kēi	νῑ́καιῐ̈ν nī́kaiĭ̈n	νῑ́κῃσῐ / νῑ́κῃσῐν / νῑ́κῃς / νῑ́καις nī́kēisĭ(n) / nī́kēis / nī́kais
Accusative	νῑ́κην nī́kēn	νῑ́κᾱ nī́kā	νῑ́κᾱς nī́kās
Vocative	νῑ́κη nī́kē	νῑ́κᾱ nī́kā	νῖκαι nîkai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος (ănī́kētos)
• βερενῑ́κῐον (berenī́kĭon)
• Θεσσᾰλονῑκεύς (Thessălonīkeús)
• Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessălonī́kē)
• κᾰλλῐ́νῑκον (kăllĭ́nīkon)
• κᾰλλῐ́νῑκος (kăllĭ́nīkos)
• νῑκᾰ́δῐον (nīkắdĭon)
• νῑκᾱ́εις (nīkā́eis)
• Νῑκᾱεύς (Nīkāeús)
• Νῑ́καιᾰ (Nī́kaiă)
• Νῑκαιεύς (Nīkaieús)
• νῑκαῖος (nīkaîos)
• νῑκᾱ́ρης (nīkā́rēs)
• νῑκᾰ́ρῐον (nīkắrĭon)
• νῑκᾰ́ρχης (nīkắrkhēs)
• νῑκᾱ́τωρ (nīkā́tōr)
• νῑκᾰ́ω (nīkắō)
• νῑκέω (nīkéō)
• νῑκήεις (nīkḗeis)
• νῑ́κημᾰ (nī́kēmă)
• νῑ́κημῐ (nī́kēmĭ)
• νῑ́κησῐς (nī́kēsĭs)
• νῑκητήρ (nīkētḗr)
• νῑκητήρῐον (nīkētḗrĭon)
• νῑκητήρῐος (nīkētḗrĭos)
• νῑκητής (nīkētḗs)
• νῑκητῐκός (nīkētĭkós)
• νῑκήτωρ (nīkḗtōr)
• νῑκηφορέω (nīkēphoréō)
• νῑκηφορῐ́ᾱ (nīkēphorĭ́ā)
• νῑκηφόρος (nīkēphóros)
• νῑκῐ́δῐον (nīkĭ́dĭon)
• νῑκόβουλος (nīkóboulos)
• νῑκοδέσποτος (nīkodéspotos)
• Νῑκολᾱῑ̈́της (Nīkolāī̈́tēs)
• νῑκόλᾱος (nīkólāos)
• Νῑκομήδειᾰ (Nīkomḗdeiă)
• νῑκοποιέω (nīkopoiéō)
• νῑκοποιός (nīkopoiós)
• Νῑκόπολῐς (Nīkópolĭs)
• νῖκορ (nîkor)
• νῑκοστρᾰ́τειος (nīkostrắteios)
• νῑκοσῠ́νθετος (nīkosŭ́nthetos)
• νῑ́κωρ (nī́kōr)
• Ὀλῠμπῐονῑ́κη (Olŭmpĭonī́kē)
• Ὀλῠμπῐονῑ́κης (Olŭmpĭonī́kēs)
• Ὀλῠμπῐόνῑκος (Olŭmpĭónīkos)
• Πῡθῐονῑ́κη (Pūthĭonī́kē)
• Πῡθῐονῑ́κης (Pūthĭonī́kēs)
• Πῡθῐόνῑκος (Pūthĭónīkos)
• Στρᾰτόνῑκος (Strătónīkos)
• φερένῑκος (pherénīkos)

Given names

• Ᾱ̓γλᾰονῑ́κη (Āglăonī́kē)
• Αἴνῑκος (Aínīkos)
• Ᾰ̓λεξῐ́νῑκος (Ălexĭ́nīkos)
• Ᾰ̓νδρόνῑκος (Ăndrónīkos)
• Ᾰ̓νδρώνῑκος (Ăndrṓnīkos)
• Ᾰ̓ξῐόνῑκος (Ăxĭónīkos)
• Ᾰ̓ρῐστονῑ́κη (Ărĭstonī́kē)
• Ᾰ̓ρῐστόνῑκος (Ărĭstónīkos)
• Βερενῑ́κᾱ (Berenī́kā)
• Βερενῑ́κη (Berenī́kē)
• Βερενῑκῐ́ς (Berenīkĭ́s)
• Βερνῑ́κη (Bernī́kē)
• Βερονῑ́κη (Beronī́kē)
• Βερονῑκῐ́ς (Beronīkĭ́s)
• Βούνῑκος (Boúnīkos)
• Γρᾱ́νῑκος (Grā́nīkos)
• Γρήνῑκος (Grḗnīkos)
• Δᾱμόνῑκος (Dāmónīkos)
• Δεξῐ́νῑκος (Dexĭ́nīkos)
• Δεξῐόνῑκος (Dexĭónīkos)
• Δημονῑ́κη (Dēmonī́kē)
• Δημόνῑκος (Dēmónīkos)
• Δῐόνῑκος (Dĭónīkos)
• Δόμνῑκος (Dómnīkos)
• Ἑλλᾱ́νῑκος (Hellā́nīkos)
• Ἐτεόνῑκος (Eteónīkos)
• Εὐνῑ́κη (Eunī́kē)
• Κλεόνῑκος (Kleónīkos)
• Μηκῐονῑ́κη (Mēkĭonī́kē)
• Νῑ́κᾱ (Nī́kā)
• Νῑ́κᾰνδρος (Nī́kăndros)
• Νῑκᾱ́νωρ (Nīkā́nōr)
• Νῑκᾰ́ρῐον (Nīkắrĭon)
• Νῑ́κᾰρχος (Nī́kărkhos)
• Νῑκᾰ́σῐππος (Nīkắsĭppos)
• Νῑ́κη (Nī́kē)
• Νῑκήρᾰτος (Nīkḗrătos)
• Νῑκήτᾱς (Nīkḗtās)
• Νῑκηφόρος (Nīkēphóros)
• Νῑκῐ́ᾱς (Nīkĭ́ās)
• Νῑκῐ́ππη (Nīkĭ́ppē)
• Νῑκοβούλη (Nīkoboúlē)
• Νῑκόδᾱμος (Nīkódāmos)
• Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos)
• Νῑκοκλέης (Nīkokléēs)
• Νῑκοκλῆς (Nīkoklês)
• Νῑκοκρέων (Nīkokréōn)
• Νῑκολᾱΐς (Nīkolāḯs)
• Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos)
• Νῑκόλᾱς (Nīkólās)
• Νῑκολής (Nīkolḗs)
• Νῑκόμᾰχος (Nīkómăkhos)
• Νῑκομήδης (Nīkomḗdēs)
• Νῖκος (Nîkos)
• Νῑκόστρᾰτος (Nīkóstrătos)
• Νῑκοφρῶν (Nīkophrôn)
• Νῑκοφῶν (Nīkophôn)
• Στρᾰτονῑ́κη (Strătonī́kē)
• Φερενῑ́κη (Pherenī́kē)

Related terms

• ἤνεγκᾰ (ḗnenkă)
• ἤνεικᾰ (ḗneikă)
• νεῖκος (neîkos)

Descendants

• Greek: νίκη (níki)
• Mariupol Greek: ны́ки (nýki)

Further reading

• “νίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νίκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G3529 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conquest idem, page 161.
  • mastery idem, page 517.
  • superiority idem, page 839.
  • triumph idem, page 896.
  • victory idem, page 951.
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• νίκη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Noun

νίκη • (níki) f (plural νίκες)

1. victory

Declension

Declension of νίκη

	singular	plural
nominative	νίκη (níki)	νίκες (níkes)
genitive	νίκης (níkis)	νικών (nikón)
accusative	νίκη (níki)	νίκες (níkes)
vocative	νίκη (níki)	νίκες (níkes)

Derived terms

• νικώ (nikó, “to defeat”)
• νικητής m (nikitís, “winner, victor”)
• νικήτρια f (nikítria, “winner, victor”)
• νικηφόρος (nikifóros, “victorious”)
• νικητήριος (nikitírios, “winning”)