νεῖκος

Ancient Greek

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

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

quarrel; wrangle; strife
strife of words; railing; abuse; taunt; reproach
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.483
strife of law; dispute before a judge
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.440
battle; fight
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.444

Third declension of τὸ νεῖκος; τοῦ νείκους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νεῖκος tò neîkos	τὼ νείκει tṑ neíkei	τᾰ̀ νείκη tằ neíkē
Genitive	τοῦ νείκους toû neíkous	τοῖν νεικοῖν toîn neikoîn	τῶν νεικῶν tôn neikôn
Dative	τῷ νείκει tōî neíkei	τοῖν νεικοῖν toîn neikoîn	τοῖς νείκεσῐ / νείκεσῐν toîs neíkesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ νεῖκος tò neîkos	τὼ νείκει tṑ neíkei	τᾰ̀ νείκη tằ 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.

Third declension of νεῖκος; νείκεος / νείκευς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νεῖκος neîkos	νείκεε / νείκει neíkee / neíkei	νείκεᾰ neíkeă
Genitive	νείκεος / νείκευς neíkeos / neíkeus	νεικέοιῐ̈ν neikéoiĭ̈n	νεικέων neikéōn
Dative	νείκεῐ̈ / νείκει neíkeĭ̈ / neíkei	νεικέοιῐ̈ν neikéoiĭ̈n	νείκεσῐ / νείκεσῐν / νείκεσσῐ / νείκεσσῐν / νεικέεσσῐ / νεικέεσσῐν neíkesĭ(n) / neíkessĭ(n) / neikéessĭ(n)
Accusative	νεῖκος neîkos	νείκεε / νείκει neíkee / neíkei	νείκεᾰ neíkeă
Vocative	νεῖκος neîkos	νείκεε / νείκει neíkee / neíkei	νείκεᾰ neíkeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.