νικηφόρος

See also: Νικηφόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

νῑ́κη (nī́kē, victory) + -φόρος (-phóros).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

νῑκηφόρος • (nīkēphóros) m or f (neuter νῑκηφόρον); second declension

  1. bringing victory
  2. victorious
  3. Uppercase (Νῑκηφόρος), the name of a Roman Emperor, Nikephoros

Inflection

References

  • νικηφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1399
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῑκηφόρος (nīkēphóros), equivalent to νίκη (níki, victory) + -φόρος (-fóros).

Adjective

νικηφόρος • (nikifóros) m (feminine νικηφόρος or νικηφόρα, neuter νικηφόρο)

  1. victorious

Declension

References

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