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† nīcā, = νίκαε, νίκα, conquer! = vincas, a cry with which each party in the circus encouraged its favorite combatant, Inscr. Grut. 338, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 573, n. 54.

Nīcaea (Nīcēa, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), ae, f., = Νίκαια.

  1. I. The name of several cities.
    1. A. A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.
    2. B. A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.
    3. C. An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.
    4. D. A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Nīcaeensis (Nīcensis, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.
      As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin.
    2. B. Nī-caenus, a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.

‡ Nīcaeus, a, um, adj., = Νικαῖος (who grants victory), an epithet of Jupiter: ad templum Jovis, quem Nicaeum vocant, Liv. 43, 21, 8.

Nīcander, dri, m., = Νίκανδρος.

  1. I. A physician, poet, and grammarian of Colophon, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; Macr. S. 5, 21, 12.
  2. II. A Roman surname, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 274, 4.

Nīcānor, ŏris, m., = Νικάνωρ.

  1. I. A grammarian, Suet. Gram. 5.
  2. II. A ceiebrated painter, Plin. 35, 11, 39, § 122.
  3. III. A roman surname, Inscr. Murat. 26, 3.

‡ Nīcarchus, i, m., = Νίκαρχος, a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 650, 4.

‡ Nīcărium, ii, = Νικάριον, a female surname, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 133, 3.

Nīcātor, ŏris, m., = Νικήτωρ (victor).

  1. I. An epithet given to the members of King Perseus’s body-guard: cohors regia, quos Nicatoras appellant, Liv. 43, 19, 11.
  2. II. A surname of the Seleucidæ, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31.

Nīcēa, ae, v. Nicaea.

Nīcēphŏrĭum and Nīcēphŏrĭon, i, n., = Νικηφόριον.

  1. I. A grove near Pergamum, Liv. 32, 33 and 34.
  2. II. A city in Mesopotamia, Tac. A. 6, 41; Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86 al.

Nīcēphŏrĭus, ii, m. (Nīcēphŏrĭon, ōnis, m., Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129).

  1. I. The bringer of victory, a surname of Jupiter, Spart. Hadr. 2, 9.
  2. II. A river in Armenia, near Tigranocerta, Tac. A. 15, 4.

Nīcēphŏrus, i, m., = Νικηφόρος (who brings victory), a Roman surname, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4; Inscr. Murat. 83, 3.

Nīcer, cri, m., the river Neckar, Eum. Pan. Const. 19; Aus. Mos. 423; Sid. 7, 324.

Nīcĕros, ōtis, m., = Νικέρως,

  1. I. a perfumer, Mart. 12, 65, 4.
    Hence,
  2. II. Nīcĕrō-tĭānus, a, um, adj., of Niceros, Mart. 10, 38, 8; so id. 6, 55, 3; Sid. Carm. 9, 324.

† nīcētērĭum, ii, n., = νικητήριον, the prize of victory, Juv. 3, 68.

Nīcētĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Nicetius: hereditas, Sid. Ep. 3, 1.

Nīcĭas, ae, m., = Νικίας.

  1. I. A celebrated Athenian statesman and general, who fell in the expedition against Sicily, Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; Just. 4, 4, 3.
  2. II. Nicias Curtius, a grammarian, a companion of Cicero in Cilicia, Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 1; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; 13, 28, 3; 14, 9, 3.

1. nĭco, ci, 3, v. n. [root gnic-, gnig-; Germ. neigen; cf. conivere (for cognigvere), to close (the eyelids), shut fast; v. also nitor, nixus], to beckon, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 63 and 64.

2. Nīco (Nīcon, Inscr. Grut. 656, 5), ōnis, m., = Νίκων.

  1. I. A physician, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3.
  2. II. A famous pirate, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 79.

Nīcocles, is, m., = Νικοκλῆς, a tyrant of Sicyon, overthrown by Aratus, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81.

Nīcŏlāus, i, m., = Νικόλαος, a Peripatetic philosopher from Damascus, a friend of Augustus; hence, Nīcolāus, a, um, adj., of Nicolaus: dactyli Nicolai, a kind of dates of a larger size than ordinary, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 45; Edict. Diocl. p. 18.

Nīcŏmēdenses, ium, v. Nicomedia, II.

Nīcŏmēdes, is, m., = Νικομήδης.

  1. I. Son of Prusias, a king of Bithynia, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 229; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63.
  2. II. The son of the former, who declared himself a freedman of the Roman people, Just. 34, 4; 38, 5; Suet. Caes. 2.

Nīcŏmēdīa, ae, f., = Νικομήδεια,

  1. I. the capital of Bithynia, now Izmid, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149; Amm. 22, 9, 3; Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.
    Hence,
  2. II. Nīcŏmēdenses, ĭum, m., the Nicomedians, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 37 (46), 1; Dig. 50, 9, 5; Inscr. Grut. 389, 2.

Nīcon, ōnis, v. 2. Nico.

† nīcŏphŏros, i, m., = νικόφορος, a kind of bind-weed, withwind: milax quoque, qui et nicophoros nominatur, Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 82 (Jahn, anthophoros).

Nīcŏpŏlis, is, f., = Νικόπολις, the name of several cities, among them a city of Epirus, founded by Augustus to commemorate the battle of Actium, now Prevesa Vecchia, or Paleo-prevesa, Tac. A. 2, 53; Suet. Aug. 18.
Also a city in Lesser Armenia, built by Pompey, Auct. B. Alex. 36.

Nīcŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nicopolis, Nicopolitan: civitas, Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5.
Nīcŏpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the Nicopolitans, in Lower Moesia, Inscr. Grut. 527, 7.

* nictātĭo, ōnis, f. [nicto], a winking with the eyes, Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 156.

nicto, āvi, ātum, 1, and ĕre, 3, v. n., and nictor, ātus, v. dep. n. [1. nico], to move the eyelids.

  1. I. Lit., to move the eyelids up and down, to wink, blink: plerisque naturale ut nictari (al. nictare) non cessent, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144; 11, 37, 57, § 156.
    Form nicto, ĕre: (canis) voce suā nictit ululatque ibi acute, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl.).
      1. 2. To make a sign with the eyes, to wink: neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Men. 4, 2, 49; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72.
    1. B. Transf., of fire: nictantia fulgura flammae, flashing, Lucr. 6, 182.
  2. II. Trop., to exert one’s self, to strive: nictare et oculorum et aliorum membrorum nisu saepe aliquid conari, dictum est ab antiquis, ut Lucretius in libro quarto (6, 836): Hic ubi nictari nequeunt (Lachm. nixari): Caecilius in Hymnide: Garrulis medentes jactent, sine nictentur perticis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.

nictus, ūs, m. [1. nico], a winking, blinking with the eyes, Caecil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. (but in Ov. M. 3, 460; id. A. A. 1, 138; and id. F. 1, 418, the correct read. is nutu).