A.victory, ν. φαίνεται Μενελάου victory clearly belongs to M., Il.3.457, cf. Alc.80, etc.; “μάχης ν.” Il.7.26, 8.171; “ν. πολέμου” Pl.Lg. 641a, cf. c; ἡ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ν. ib.647b: freq. of victory in the games, “Ἰσθμία ν.” Pi.I.2.13; ν. παγκρατίου or ἀπὸ π., ib.7(6).22, 6(5).60: c. gen. objecti, ν. ἀντιπάλων victory over . . , Ar.Eq.521; “ἡ τῶν ἡδονῶν ν.” Pl.Lg. 840c: c. gen. rei, “τῶν πολεμικῶν ν.” X.Mem.3.4.5; “ν. δοῦναί τινι” Il.16.845, etc.; “ν. καὶ κράτος” S.El.85; νίκην νικᾶν τινα, v. νικάω 1.1, 11.1b.
2. later, generally, mastery, ascendancy, etc., in all relations, νίκην διασῴζεσθαι to keep the fruits of victory, X.Cyr.4.2.26, cf. 4.1.15.
3. success in a lawsuit, Od.11.544; in the concrete, damages, etc., recovered, Leg.Gort.9.31.