νίκη
nike
victory
Appears 30 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νίκη [ῑ], ἡ, A. victory, ν. φαίνεται Μενελάου victory clearly belongs to M., Il. 3.457, cf. 80, etc.; μάχης ν. Il. 7.26, 8.171; ν. πολέμου Lg. 641a, cf. c; ἡ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ν. ib.647b: freq. of victory in the games, Ἰσθμία ν. I. 2.13; ν. παγκρατίου or ἀπὸ π., ib.7(6).22, 6(5).60: c. gen. objecti, ν. ἀντιπάλων victory over . . , Eq. 521; ἡ τῶν ἡδονῶν ν. Lg. 840c: c. gen. rei, τῶν πολεμικῶν ν. Mem. 3.4.5; ν. δοῦναί τινι Il. 16.845, etc.; ν. καὶ κράτος El. 85; νίκην νικᾶν τινα, v. νικάω I.1, 11.1b. 2. later, generally, mastery, ascendancy, etc., in all relations, νίκην διασῴζεσθαι to keep the fruits of victory, Cyr. 4.2.26, cf. 4.1.15. 3. success in a lawsuit, Od. 11.544; in the concrete, damages, etc., recovered, 9.31. II. pr. n., Nike, the goddess of victory, Th. 384, cf. I. 2.26, etc.; Νίκη Ἀθάνα Πολιάς Ph. 134, cf. Ion 457 (lyr.), 1529. 2. Astrol., name of sixth κλῆρος, K. 3, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.160.
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