nenikikamen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Interjection

nenikikamen

  1. We have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).
    • 1971, Antoniou, Theodore (Greek composer, b 1935)
      Nenikikamen — title of choral work.
    • 1967, Ilka Chase, Fresh from the Laundry:
      As he reached the city he gasped out Nenikikamen! and fell dead.
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