ἀνίκητος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓νῑ́κᾱτος (ănī́kātos) — Doric

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “conquered”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nǐː.kɛː.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ke̝.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ci.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ci.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈni.ci.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος • (ănī́kētos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον); second declension

unconquered, unconquerable, invincible

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος; ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητος ănī́kētos	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον ănī́kēton	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω ănīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω ănīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητοι ănī́kētoi	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητᾰ ănī́kētă
Genitive	ᾰ̓νῑκήτου ănīkḗtou	ᾰ̓νῑκήτου ănīkḗtou	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν ănīkḗtoin	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν ănīkḗtoin	ᾰ̓νῑκήτων ănīkḗtōn	ᾰ̓νῑκήτων ănīkḗtōn
Dative	ᾰ̓νῑκήτῳ ănīkḗtōi	ᾰ̓νῑκήτῳ ănīkḗtōi	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν ănīkḗtoin	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοιν ănīkḗtoin	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοις ănīkḗtois	ᾰ̓νῑκήτοις ănīkḗtois
Accusative	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον ănī́kēton	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον ănī́kēton	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω ănīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω ănīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτους ănīkḗtous	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητᾰ ănī́kētă
Vocative	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητε ănī́kēte	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητον ănī́kēton	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω ănīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑκήτω ănīkḗtō	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητοι ănī́kētoi	ᾰ̓νῑ́κητᾰ ănī́kētă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓νῑκήτως ănīkḗtōs		ᾰ̓νῑκητότερος ănīkētóteros		ᾰ̓νῑκητότᾰτος ănīkētótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ανίκητος (aníkitos)

References

“ἀνίκητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀνίκητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀνίκητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀνίκητος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
ἀνίκητος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- indomitable idem, page 434.
- insuperable idem, page 448.
- invincible idem, page 457.
- resistless idem, page 702.
- unconquerable idem, page 910.
- untamable idem, page 934.