νεῖκος

Ancient Greek

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neik- (“to attack, start vehemently”) and cognate with Lithuanian ap-ni̇̀kti (“to attack”), su-ni̇̀kti (“to attack”), Latvian nikns (“bad, grim, vehement”), maybe also Russian в-никнуть (v-niknutʹ), про-никнуть (pro-niknutʹ). See also νίκη (níkē).

νεῖκος • (neîkos) n (genitive νείκους); third declension

Third declension of τὸ νεῖκος; τοῦ νείκους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νεῖκος tò neîkos	τὼ νείκει tṑ neíkei	τᾰ̀ νείκη tà neíkē
Genitive	τοῦ νείκους toû neíkous	τοῖν νεικοῖν toîn neikoîn	τῶν νεικῶν tôn neikôn
Dative	τῷ νείκει tôi neíkei	τοῖν νεικοῖν toîn neikoîn	τοῖς νείκεσῐ / νείκεσῐν toîs neíkesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νεῖκος tò neîkos	τὼ νείκει tṑ neíkei	τᾰ̀ νείκη tà neíkē
Vocative	νεῖκος neîkos	νείκει neíkei	νείκη neíkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.