Νεῖκος
quarrel
Translated by Nick Nicholas23 Sep 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a dispute with rebuke; but others [define it as] battle, rivalry, abuse. "[He] who shoots at me with useless contentiousnesses and quarrels".1 [He is] speaking by way of blame. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "quarrel of Odysseus".2 Also [meaning] battle. "Since thus Athena led the neikos".3 "There arose a neikos between us and the Eleans."4
But nikos [spelled] with an iota [means] victory. And not only is [neikos in the sense of] "rivalry" spelled with a diphthong [ei], but so is [neikos in the sense of] hand-to-hand combat. 5
But nikos [spelled] with an iota [means] victory. And not only is [neikos in the sense of] "rivalry" spelled with a diphthong [ei], but so is [neikos in the sense of] hand-to-hand combat. 5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεῖκος· διαφορὰ μετ' ἐπιπλήξεως· οἱ δὲ μάχη, φιλονεικία, λοιδορία. ὅς με μετ' ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει. λέγων κατὰ μέμψιν. καί, νεῖκος Ὀδυσσῆος. καὶ μάχη. ἐπεὶ ὣς ἄγε νεῖκος Ἀθήνη. Ἠλείοισι καὶ ἡμῖν νεῖκος ἐτύχθη. Νῖκος δὲ ἡ νίκη, διὰ τοῦ ι. οὐ μόνον δὲ ἡ φιλονεικία διὰ διφθόγγου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ διὰ χειρῶν μάχη.
Betacode
*nei=kos: diafora\ met' e)piplh/cews: oi( de\ ma/xh, filoneiki/a, loidori/a. o(/s me met' a)prh/ktous e)/ridas kai\ nei/kea ba/llei. le/gwn kata\ me/myin. kai/, nei=kos *)odussh=os. kai\ ma/xh. e)pei\ w(\s a)/ge nei=kos *)aqh/nh. *)hlei/oisi kai\ h(mi=n nei=kos e)tu/xqh. *ni=kos de\ h( ni/kh, dia\ tou= i. ou) mo/non de\ h( filoneiki/a dia\ difqo/ggou, a)lla\ kai\ h( dia\ xeirw=n ma/xh.
Notes (5)
- The first paragraph of this entry comes from Photius (nu93 Theodoridis); more briefly already in Hesychius mu233.
See also nu 286. - 1Homer, Iliad 2.376. ↩
- 2Homer, Odyssey 8.75. ↩
- 3Homer, Iliad 11.721, 17.544. ↩
- 4Homer, Iliad 11.671. ↩
- 5That is, the senses of
nei=kos as "dispute" and "battle" already given. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 31 Oct 2020
- another tweak — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas