ἀνίκητος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓νῑ́κᾱτος (anī́kātos) — Doric

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “not”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “conquered”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nǐː.kɛː.tos/ → /aˈni.ci.tos/ → /aˈni.ci.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nǐː.kɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ke̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ci.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ci.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ci.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος • (anī́kētos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον); second declension

1. unconquered, unconquerable, invincible

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος; ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος anī́kētos	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον anī́kēton		ᾰ̓νῑκήτω anīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω anīkḗtō		ᾰ̓νῑ́κητοι anī́kētoi	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητᾰ anī́kēta
Genitive		ᾰ̓νῑκήτου anīkḗtou	ᾰ̓νῑκήτου anīkḗtou		ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν anīkḗtoin	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν anīkḗtoin		ᾰ̓νῑκήτων anīkḗtōn	ᾰ̓νῑκήτων anīkḗtōn
Dative		ᾰ̓νῑκήτῳ anīkḗtōi	ᾰ̓νῑκήτῳ anīkḗtōi		ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν anīkḗtoin	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν anīkḗtoin		ᾰ̓νῑκήτοις anīkḗtois	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοις anīkḗtois
Accusative		ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον anī́kēton	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον anī́kēton		ᾰ̓νῑκήτω anīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω anīkḗtō		ᾰ̓νῑκήτους anīkḗtous	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητᾰ anī́kēta
Vocative		ᾰ̓νῑ́κητε anī́kēte	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον anī́kēton		ᾰ̓νῑκήτω anīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω anīkḗtō		ᾰ̓νῑ́κητοι anī́kētoi	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητᾰ anī́kēta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓νῑκήτως anīkḗtōs			ᾰ̓νῑκητότερος anīkētóteros			ᾰ̓νῑκητότᾰτος anīkētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ανίκητος (aníkitos)

References

• “ἀνίκητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνίκητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνίκητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνίκητος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀνίκητος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • indomitable idem, page 434.
  • insuperable idem, page 448.
  • invincible idem, page 457.
  • resistless idem, page 702.
  • unconquerable idem, page 910.
  • untamable idem, page 934.