nenikikamen

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interjection

We have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).

OriginAncient Greek νενικήκαμεν →
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Meanings

interjection

alternative nenikekamen

  1. We have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).

    Nenikikamen — title of choral work.

    1971, Antoniou, Theodore (Greek composer, b 1935)
    1 more example

    As he reached the city he gasped out Nenikikamen! and fell dead.

    1967, Ilka Chase, Fresh from the Laundry

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνενικήκαμεν“we are victorious”
  2. Englishnenikikamen

Transliteration of Ancient Greek νενικήκαμεν (nenikḗkamen, “we are victorious”).

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