Eumenides, composed of water, milk, and honey, Aesch.
II. of persons, sober, N.T.
NH vFW , aor. I e[nhya :— to drink no wine, Theogn., Plat.; part. nhvfwn as Adj. = nhfavlio" , Hdt., Plat.
II. metaph. to be sober, dispassionate, Xen.
nhvfwn
nhvfwn , ono", oJ, hJ , dat. pl. nhvfosi sober, Theogn., Soph.
nhvcw
nhvcw , Dor. navcw : Ep. impf. nh`con , inf. nhcevmenai : f. nhvxw : ( nevw B):— to swim, Od., Hes.:—also as Dep. nhvcomai , part. nhcovmeno" ; f. nhvxomai : aor. I part. nhxavmeno" Anth.: = Act., Od., Anth.
nh`yi"
nh`yi" , hJ , ( nhvfw ) soberness, Strab.
nivglaro"
nivgla±ro" , oJ , a pipe or whistle, used by the keleusthv" to give the time in rowing, Ar. (Deriv. unknown.)
nivzw, NI vZW
NI vZW , Ep. impf. nivzon : (the pres. nivptw , from which the tenses are formed, only in late writers): f. nivyw : aor. I e[niya , Ep. nivya :—Med., f. nivyomai : Ep. 3 sing. aor. I nivyato :—Pass., pf. nevnimmai :— to wash the hands or feet of another, Od.:—Med., cei`ra" nivyasqai to wash ones hands, Il., Hes.; so, nivyasqai , absol., to wash ones hands, Od., etc.; nivyasqai aJlov" to wash [with water] from the sea, Ib.
2.
generally
to purge, cleanse,
Soph., Eur.
II.
to wash off,
iJdrw` nivyen ajpo; crwtov"
washed off
the sweat from the skin, Il.;
ai|ma nivzÆ u{dati
Ib.:— Med.,
crova nivzeto a{lmhn
he washed
the brine
off his
skin, Od.:—Pass.,
ai|ma nevniptai
Il.—The word is commonly said of persons
washing part
of the person, while
louvomai
is used of
bathing,
pluvnw
of
washing clothes.
nikaxw`
nikaxw` , Dor. for nikhvsw , fut. of nikavw .
nikavtwr
ni<Eth>kavtwr , oro", oJ , Dor. for nikhvtwr , a conqueror, Plut.
nikaforiva
nikaforiva, -fovro" , Dor. for nikhf- .
nikavw
ni<Eth>kavw , f. hvsw : aor. I ejnivkhsa , Ep. nivkhsa : pf. nenivkhka : ( nivkh ):
I.
absol.
to conquer, prevail, vanquish,
Hom., etc.;
oJ nikhvsa"
the conqueror,
oJ nikhqeiv"
the conquered,
Il.;
ejnivkhsa kai; deuvtero" kai; tevtarto" ejgenovmhn
I won the first prize,
Thuc.;
nika`n ejpi; paa`si kritai`"
in the opinion of all the judges, Ar.; c. acc. cogn.,
pavnta ejnivka
he won
all the bouts, Il.;
pagkravtion
Thuc.;
n. jOluvmpia
to be conqueror
in the Ol. games, Id., etc.
2. of opinions, to prevail, carry the day, Hom., etc.; ejk th`" nikwvsh" »gnwvmh"1/4 according to the prevailing opinion, vote of the majority, Xen.:—impers., ejnivka (sc. hJ gnwvmh ) it was resolved, Lat. visum est ,