Citations:νικάω

Ancient Greek citations of νῑκάω (nīkáō)

Verb: "to win, be the winner, conquer"

440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Against Alcibiades 42
414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 445
384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Theocrines 66
384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 33
3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 6.33
438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 1029
408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1143
423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 1060
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.122
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.10
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.33
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.138
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.439
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.389
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.807
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.656
436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panathenaicus 257
436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Team of Horses 33
522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 4.25
522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 2.9
522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.112
522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.30
400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 36d
400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Ion 530b
428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 256b
Module:Quotations:444: attempt to compare number with nil
46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.811d
556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, Fragmenta 147
460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.126
460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.49
460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.16
460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.34
400 BCE – 300 BCE, Timocles, Collected Works 8.17
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.1.1
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.2.27
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 5.9

Verb: "to prevail, be superior"

800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.252
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.742
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.121
428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 964c
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 9.7

Verb: "(of opinions) to prevail"

422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 594
431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 912
408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 944
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.61
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.82
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.36
460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.101
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.576
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.46
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 18.404
428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 801a
428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 303b
442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 233
442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 274
460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.12
460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.54
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.1.18
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.2.12

Verb: "in law, to win one's cause"

422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 581
384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 42.1
384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric to Alexander 1433a.6
458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 955
New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 3:4

Verb: "to conquer, vanquish, beat"

389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 181
424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 659
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.370
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.192
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.130
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.79
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.410
436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Peace 58
New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 12:21
385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 213e
406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1224
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.11
430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.2

Verb: "to overpower"

458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 88
458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 133
460 BCE – 370 BCE, Democritus, Collected Works 176
800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.604
497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1334
497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1357
406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1204