νι_κάω, ipf. (ἐ）νι?κων, iter. νι_κάσκομεν, fut. νι_κήσω, aor. (ἐ）νι?κησα, pass. aor. part. νι_κηθείς: be victorious or victor, and trans., conquer, vanquish, in games, battle, or legal dispute (w. cognate acc., Od. 11.545), of ‘surpassing’ or ‘excelling’ in anything (τινί), and of things, ‘prevail,’ Il. 1.576, Od. 10.46.