Νικίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίκη (níkē, “victory”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.kí.aːs/ → /niˈci.as/ → /niˈci.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /niː.kí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈki.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈci.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈci.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈci.as/

Proper noun

Νῑκίᾱς • (Nīkíās) m (genitive Νικίου); first declension

1. a male given name: Nicias
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Peace 8

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Νῑκῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Νῑκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκῐ́ᾱς ho Nīkíās
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκῐ́ου toû Nīkíou
Dative	τῷ Νῑκῐ́ᾳ tôi Nīkíāi
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκῐ́ᾱν tòn Nīkíān
Vocative	Νῑκῐ́ᾱ Nīkíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νικίας (Nikías)
• Latin: Nicias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018