Socratos Sign in

ἐνίκων (enikon)

ἐνίκων is an Ancient Greek form of νικάω, meaning “conquer, win, prevail”. It is the 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative.

Found 100 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.13.6: … ὑπηκόους ἐποιήσατο καὶ Ῥήνειαν ἑλὼν ἀνέθηκε τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι τῷ Δηλίῳ. Φωκαῆς τε Μασσαλίαν οἰκίζοντες Καρχηδονίους ἐνίκων ναυμαχοῦντες·

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.7.192: … ′. Περὶ τῶν προσηγορικῶν β′. Λογικοῦ τόπου περὶ τὰς λέξεις καὶ τὸν κατʼ αὐτὰς λόγον. Σύνταξις πρώτη· Περὶ τῶν ἑνικῶν καὶ πληθυντικῶν ἐκφορῶν ς′. Περὶ λέξεων πρὸς Σωσιγένην καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον ε′. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὰς λέξεις ἀνωμαλίας …

All forms of νικάω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.