Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεκροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεκροφόρος νεκροφόρον

Structure: νεκροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. burying the dead

Examples

  • ἰδόντων δὲ τῶν φρουρούντων τὰσ πύλασ, ὅτι πλεονάζουσιν οἱ νεκροφόροι παρὰ τὸ σύνηθεσ ἑνὶ ἀνδρί, καὶ τοὺσ μὲν φέροντασ οὐχ ὑπονοούντων, τὸ δὲ λέχοσ ἐρευνωμένων, μὴ νεκρόν τισ ὑποκρίνοιτο, οἱ νεκροφόροι τὸν Ἰκέλιον ἤλεγχον οὐχ ὁμότεχνον σφίσιν ὄντα, ἐπιγνωσθέντα τε οἱ σφαγεῖσ ἀπέκτειναν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 4 11:7)

Synonyms

  1. burying the dead

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

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