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
• 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