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νεῖκος
νεῖκος
Ancient Greek
Noun
νεῖκος • (neîkos) n (genitive νείκους); third declension
- quarrel, wrangle, strife
- strife of words, railing, abuse, taunt, reproach
- strife of law, dispute before a judge
- battle, fight
Inflection
Third declension of νεῖκος, νείκεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ νεῖκος | τὼ νείκεε | τὰ νείκεᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ νείκεος | τοῖν νεικέοιν | τῶν νεικέων |
| Dative | τῷ νείκεϊ | τοῖν νεικέοιν | τοῖς νείκεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ νεῖκος | τὼ νείκεε | τὰ νείκεᾰ |
| Vocative | νεῖκος | νείκεε | νείκεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *νείκεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. |
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Third declension of νεῖκος, νείκους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ νεῖκος | τὼ νείκει | τὰ νείκη |
| Genitive | τοῦ νείκους | τοῖν νεικοῖν | τῶν νεικῶν |
| Dative | τῷ νείκει | τοῖν νεικοῖν | τοῖς νείκεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ νεῖκος | τὼ νείκει | τὰ νείκη |
| Vocative | νεῖκος | νείκει | νείκη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. |
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References
- νεῖκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νεῖκος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νεῖκος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «νεῖκος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «νεῖκος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- νεῖκος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bickering idem, page 78.
- brawl idem, page 94.
- broil idem, page 100.
- contention idem, page 167.
- controversy idem, page 170.
- coolness idem, page 172.
- difference idem, page 223.
- disagreement idem, page 227.
- discord idem, page 230.
- discussion idem, page 232.
- dispute idem, page 238.
- dissension idem, page 239.
- feud idem, page 317.
- quarrel idem, page 663.
- strife idem, page 825.
- variance idem, page 944.
- LSJ 8th edition
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill