Νίκη
See also: νίκη and νίκῃ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the noun νίκη (níkē, “victory”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǐː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈni.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈni.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈni.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.ci/
Proper noun
Νῑ́κη • (Nī́kē) f (genitive Νῑ́κης); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Nike
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Νῑ́κη; τῆς Νῑ́κης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Νῑ́κη hē Nī́kē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Νῑ́κης tês Nī́kēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Νῑ́κῃ têi Nī́kēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Νῑ́κην tḕn Nī́kēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Νῑ́κη Nī́kē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: Nike
- Greek: Νίκη (Níki)
- Turkish: Nike
References
- Νίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- victory idem, page 951.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni.ci/
- Hyphenation: Νί‧κη
Proper noun
Νίκη • (Níki) f (plural Níki)
- (Greek mythology) Nike (goddess of victory)
Declension
Νίκη
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Νίκη • |
genitive | Νίκης • |
accusative | Νίκη • |
vocative | Νίκη • |