Νικῷεν
they might be victorious
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
and nikw/|h ["he/she/it might be victorious"]: optatives.1
[Formed] out ofnika/oimi, nikw=|mi with a change of the -mi into -hn by reason of metaplasm; such are also peripatoi/hn ["I might walk around"], gnoi/hn ["I might know"], doi/hn ["I might give"], bow/|hn ["I might shout"] and innumerable others.2
[Formed] out of
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικῷεν καὶ Νικῴη· εὐκτικά. ἐκ τῆς νικάοιμι, νικῷμι τροπῇ τῆς μι εἰς ην λόγῳ μεταπλασμοῦ· τοιοῦτον καὶ τὸ περιπατοίην, γνοίην, δοίην, βοῴην καὶ ἄλλα μυρία.
Betacode
*nikw=|en kai\ *nikw/|h: eu)ktika/. e)k th=s nika/oimi, nikw=|mi troph=| th=s mi ei)s hn lo/gw| metaplasmou=: toiou=ton kai\ to\ peripatoi/hn, gnoi/hn, doi/hn, bow/|hn kai\ a)/lla muri/a.
Notes (2)
- 1Third person plural and singular of
nika/w (cf. nu 409). Evidently quoted from somewhere: there are many possibilities, but perhaps Xenophon, Anabasis 1.10.5 and (already at alpha 1140) 1.9.11 respectively. ↩ - 2See Etymologicum Magnum 606.17; in the margin of ms M of the Suda (lacking in other mss). Contract verbs have optative forms like
-oimi more commonly in the dual and plural, but forms like-oi/hn more commonly in the singular (Smyth §392). ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Aug 2019
- another cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth