νῖκος
From LSJ
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
εος, τό, later form for νίκη, LXX 1 Es.3.9, BGU1002.14 (i B.C.), IG12 (5).764.2 (Andros, prob. i A.D.; written νεῖκος), Ev.Matt.12.20, Vett.Val.358.5, Orph.A.587, APl.5.381, read by Aristarch. in Il.12.276;
A εἰς νῖκος for ever, LXX 2 Ki.2.26, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 257] τό, = νίκη, Sp., wie Polem. 1, 12; Theocr. 22, 129; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 647. Aber Aesch. Suppl. 929 ist nicht hierher zu ziehen.
