νίκη

See also Νίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with νεῖκος, Lithuanian ap-ni̇̀kti (“to attack”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ni͜íkɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /níːkeː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /níki/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /níci/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /níci/

Noun

νίκη (genitive νίκης) f, first declension; (nīkē)

1. victory
2. the upper hand, advantage

Inflection

First declension of νίκη, νίκης

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νίκη	τὼ νίκᾱ	αἱ νῖκαι
Genitive	τῆς νίκης	τοῖν νίκαιν	τῶν νῑκῶν
Dative	τῇ νίκῃ	τοῖν νίκαιν	ταῖς νίκαις
Accusative	τὴν νίκην	τὼ νίκᾱ	τὰς νίκᾱς
Vocative	νίκη	νίκᾱ	νῖκαι

Derived terms

• Θεσσαλονίκη

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3529
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)

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Greek

Noun

νίκη (níki) f,   plural νίκες

1. victory

Declension

declension of νίκη

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	νίκη	νίκες
genitive (γενική)	νίκης	νικών
accusative (αιτιατική)	νίκη	νίκες
vocative (κλητική)	νίκη	νίκες

Derived terms

• νικώ
• νικητής, νικήτρια
• νικητήριος
• νικηφόρος
• επινίκιος

First names derived from νίκη:

• Νικόλαος, Νίκος, Νικόλας, Νικολής
• Νίκη
• Νικολέτα, Νικολέττα
• Nikolaos
• Niki
• Nikoleta
• Nikos
• Nikolas
• Nikolis
• Nick
• Nicos
• Nicolas
• Nicolaos
• Nicholas