"νίκη" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /nǐː.kɛː/, /ˈni.ci/, /ˈni.ci/, /nǐː.kɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈni.ke̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈni.ci/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈni.ci/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈni.ci/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to attack, run at”) and cognate with νεῖκος (neîkos, “quarrel, strife”), Lithuanian ap-nìkti (“to attack”); however, Beekes is semantically unconvinced, and prefers to take the word as Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*neyk-|t=to attack, run at}} Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to attack, run at”), {{cog|lt|apnikti|ap-nìkti|to attack}} Lithuanian ap-nìkti (“to attack”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|νῑ́κη|νῑ́κης|f|first}} νῑ́κη • (nī́kē) f (genitive νῑ́κης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῑ́κη|νῑ́κης}}, {{grc-decl|νῑ́κη|νῑ́κης|dial=epi}} Forms: νῑ́κη [canonical], nī́kē [romanization], νῑ́κης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ νῑ́κη [nominative, singular], τὼ νῑ́κᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ νῖκαι [nominative, plural], τῆς νῑ́κης [genitive, singular], τοῖν νῑ́καιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νῑκῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ νῑ́κῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν νῑ́καιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νῑ́καις [dative, plural], τὴν νῑ́κην [accusative, singular], τὼ νῑ́κᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νῑ́κᾱς [accusative, plural], νῑ́κη [singular, vocative], νῑ́κᾱ [dual, vocative], νῖκαι [plural, vocative], Epic declension-1 [table-tags], νῑ́κη [nominative, singular], νῑ́κᾱ [dual, nominative], νῖκαι [nominative, plural], νῑ́κης [genitive, singular], νῑ́καιν [dual, genitive], νῑ́καιῐν [dual, genitive], νῑ́κῃῐν [dual, genitive], nī́kain [dual, genitive], nī́kaiin [dual, genitive], nī́kēiin [dual, genitive], νῑκᾱ́ων [genitive, plural], νῑκέ͜ων [genitive, plural], νῑκῶν [genitive, plural], νῑ́κῃ [dative, singular], νῑ́καιν [dative, dual], νῑ́καιῐν [dative, dual], νῑ́κῃῐν [dative, dual], nī́kain [dative, dual], nī́kaiin [dative, dual], nī́kēiin [dative, dual], νῑ́κῃσῐ [dative, plural], νῑ́κῃσῐν [dative, plural], νῑ́κῃς [dative, plural], νῑ́καις [dative, plural], nī́kēisi [dative, plural], nī́kēisin [dative, plural], nī́kēis [dative, plural], nī́kais [dative, plural], νῑ́κην [accusative, singular], νῑ́κᾱ [accusative, dual], νῑ́κᾱς [accusative, plural], νῑ́κη [singular, vocative], νῑ́κᾱ [dual, vocative], νῖκαι [plural, vocative]
  1. the act of winning: victory, success [with genitive ‘over, in something’]
    things won in victory, fruits of victory
    Sense id: en-νίκη-grc-noun-mp6rCFR5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 52 48
  2. the act of winning: victory, success [with genitive ‘over, in something’]
    the upper hand, advantage
    Categories (topical): War
    Sense id: en-νίκη-grc-noun-a25CtLH1 Disambiguation of War: 43 57 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 52 48 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: νίκα (níka) [dialectal]
Derived forms: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), νῑκαῖος (nīkaîos), νῑκάω (nīkáō), νῑκήεις (nīkḗeis), νῑκηφορέω (nīkēphoréō), νῑκηφορία (nīkēphoría), νῑκηφόρος (nīkēphóros), Νικόπολις (Nikópolis), Ἀγλαονίκη (Aglaoníkē), Ἀνδρόνικος (Andrónikos), Βερενίκη (Bereníkē), Δημονίκη (Dēmoníkē), Ἐτεόνικος (Eteónikos), Εὐνίκη (Euníkē), Νίκανδρος (Níkandros), Νίκη (Níkē), Νικήρατος (Nikḗratos), Νικίππη (Nikíppē), Νικόδημος (Nikódēmos), Νικοκλῆς (Nikoklês), Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), Νικόλας (Nikólas), Νικολέτα (Nikoléta), Νικολέττα (Nikolétta), Νικολής (Nikolḗs), Νικόμαχος (Nikómakhos), Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs), Νίκος (Níkos), Νικόστρατος (Nikóstratos), Στρᾰτονῑ́κη (Stratonī́kē), Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Thessaloníkē",
      "word": "Θεσσαλονίκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīkaîos",
      "word": "νῑκαῖος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīkáō",
      "word": "νῑκάω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīkḗeis",
      "word": "νῑκήεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīkēphoréō",
      "word": "νῑκηφορέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīkēphoría",
      "word": "νῑκηφορία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīkēphóros",
      "word": "νῑκηφόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikópolis",
      "word": "Νικόπολις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Aglaoníkē",
      "word": "Ἀγλαονίκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Andrónikos",
      "word": "Ἀνδρόνικος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Bereníkē",
      "word": "Βερενίκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Dēmoníkē",
      "word": "Δημονίκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Eteónikos",
      "word": "Ἐτεόνικος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Euníkē",
      "word": "Εὐνίκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Níkandros",
      "word": "Νίκανδρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Níkē",
      "word": "Νίκη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikḗratos",
      "word": "Νικήρατος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikíppē",
      "word": "Νικίππη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikódēmos",
      "word": "Νικόδημος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikoklês",
      "word": "Νικοκλῆς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikólaos",
      "word": "Νικόλαος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikólas",
      "word": "Νικόλας"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikoléta",
      "word": "Νικολέτα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikolétta",
      "word": "Νικολέττα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikolḗs",
      "word": "Νικολής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikómakhos",
      "word": "Νικόμαχος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikomḗdēs",
      "word": "Νικομήδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Níkos",
      "word": "Νίκος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Nikóstratos",
      "word": "Νικόστρατος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Stratonī́kē",
      "word": "Στρᾰτονῑ́κη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Phereníkē",
      "word": "Φερενίκη"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*neyk-",
        "t": "to attack, run at"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to attack, run at”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "apnikti",
        "3": "ap-nìkti",
        "4": "to attack"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian ap-nìkti (“to attack”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to attack, run at”) and cognate with νεῖκος (neîkos, “quarrel, strife”), Lithuanian ap-nìkti (“to attack”); however, Beekes is semantically unconvinced, and prefers to take the word as Pre-Greek.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κη",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῑ́κη",
      "roman": "hē nī́kē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῑ́κᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ nī́kā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῖκαι",
      "roman": "hai nîkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νῑ́κης",
      "roman": "tês nī́kēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῑ́καιν",
      "roman": "toîn nī́kain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νῑκῶν",
      "roman": "tôn nīkôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νῑ́κῃ",
      "roman": "têi nī́kēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νῑ́καιν",
      "roman": "toîn nī́kain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νῑ́καις",
      "roman": "taîs nī́kais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῑ́κην",
      "roman": "tḕn nī́kēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νῑ́κᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ nī́kā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νῑ́κᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s nī́kās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κη",
      "roman": "nī́kē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κᾱ",
      "roman": "nī́kā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῖκαι",
      "roman": "nîkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κη",
      "roman": "nī́kē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κᾱ",
      "roman": "nī́kā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῖκαι",
      "roman": "nîkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κης",
      "roman": "nī́kēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́καιν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́καιῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κῃῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kaiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kēiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑκᾱ́ων",
      "roman": "nīkā́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑκέ͜ων",
      "roman": "nīké͜ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑκῶν",
      "roman": "nīkôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κῃ",
      "roman": "nī́kēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́καιν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́καιῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κῃῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kaiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kēiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κῃσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κῃσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κῃς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́καις",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kēisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kēisin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kēis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nī́kais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κην",
      "roman": "nī́kēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κᾱ",
      "roman": "nī́kā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κᾱς",
      "roman": "nī́kās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κη",
      "roman": "nī́kē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῑ́κᾱ",
      "roman": "nī́kā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῖκαι",
      "roman": "nîkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῑ́κη",
        "2": "νῑ́κης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "νῑ́κη • (nī́kē) f (genitive νῑ́κης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῑ́κη",
        "2": "νῑ́κης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῑ́κη",
        "2": "νῑ́κης",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
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      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nǐː.kɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/",
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}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
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    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "νῑκαῖος"
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      "roman": "nīkáō",
      "word": "νῑκάω"
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      "roman": "nīkḗeis",
      "word": "νῑκήεις"
    },
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      "roman": "nīkēphoréō",
      "word": "νῑκηφορέω"
    },
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      "roman": "nīkēphoría",
      "word": "νῑκηφορία"
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      "roman": "nīkēphóros",
      "word": "νῑκηφόρος"
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      "roman": "Nikópolis",
      "word": "Νικόπολις"
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      "roman": "Aglaoníkē",
      "word": "Ἀγλαονίκη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Andrónikos",
      "word": "Ἀνδρόνικος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Bereníkē",
      "word": "Βερενίκη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Dēmoníkē",
      "word": "Δημονίκη"
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    {
      "roman": "Eteónikos",
      "word": "Ἐτεόνικος"
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      "roman": "Euníkē",
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      "roman": "Níkandros",
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    {
      "roman": "Níkē",
      "word": "Νίκη"
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      "roman": "Nikḗratos",
      "word": "Νικήρατος"
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      "roman": "Nikíppē",
      "word": "Νικίππη"
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      "roman": "Nikódēmos",
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      "roman": "Nikólaos",
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      "roman": "Nikólas",
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      "form": "νῑκέ͜ων",
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            "words": [
              "genitive",
              "‘over"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "winning",
          "winning"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "the upper hand",
          "the upper hand"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "the act of winning: victory, success [with genitive ‘over, in something’]",
        "the upper hand, advantage"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nǐː.kɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nǐː.kɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ci/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "níka",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "νίκα"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νίκη"
}

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