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νεκάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεκάς νεκάδος

Structure: νεκαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ne/kus

Sense

  1. a heap of slain

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νεκάς νεκάδε νεκάδες
Genitive νεκάδος νεκάδοιν νεκάδων
Dative νεκάδι νεκάδοιν νεκάσιν*
Accusative νεκάδα νεκάδε νεκάδας
Vocative νεκά νεκάδε νεκάδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ τῇδε ἐήσθα, ἄναξ νεκάδων Αἰ̈δωνεὺσ οὔποτ’ ἔτλη μεῖναι, ἐπειὴ πολὺ φέρτατοσ ἦσθα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 40 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. a heap of slain

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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