Νικίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίκη (níkē, “victory”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Νῑκίᾱς • (Nīkíās) m (genitive Νικίου); first declension

  1. a male given name: Nicias

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Νῑκῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Νῑκῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Νῑκῐ́ᾱς
ho Nīkíās
Genitive τοῦ Νῑκῐ́ου
toû Nīkíou
Dative τῷ Νῑκῐ́ᾳ
tôi Nīkíāi
Accusative τὸν Νῑκῐ́ᾱν
tòn Nīkíān
Vocative Νῑκῐ́ᾱ
Nīkíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Νικίας (Nikías)
  • Latin: Nicias

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
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