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νέκυια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέκυια

Structure: νεκυι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ne/kus

Sense

by which ghosts were called up and questioned

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νέκυια	νεκυίᾱ	νέκυιαι
Genitive	νεκυίᾱς	νεκυίαιν	νεκυιῶν
Dative	νεκυίᾱͅ	νεκυίαιν	νεκυίαις
Accusative	νεκυίᾱν	νεκυίᾱ	νεκυίᾱς
Vocative	νεκυίᾱ	νεκυίᾱ	νέκυιαι

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

μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἑτέρου δράματοσ ἥπτετο τῶν ἀμφὶ τὴν νέκυιάν τε καὶ διαθήκασ καλινδουμένων, προστιθεὶσ ὅτι μίαν φωνὴν οἱ Ῥωμαίων παῖδεσ ἀληθῆ παρ’ ὅλον τὸν βίον προϊένται, τὴν ἐν ταῖσ διαθήκαισ λέγων, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολαύσωσι τῆσ σφετέρασ ἀληθείασ. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 30:1)
διὸ καὶ τὴν εὐπορίαν τοῦ μυθεύματοσ Ὁμήρῳ γενέσθαι πρὸσ τὴν νεκυίαν. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 11 6:1)
"καίτοι ταῖσ μὲν ἱστορίαισ ἁπλοῦν τι καὶ λεῖον ἔστιν, αἱ δ’ ἀπὸ γεωμετρίασ καὶ ἀστρολογίασ καὶ ἁρμονικῆσ δριμὺ καὶ ποικίλον ἔχουσαι τὸ δέλεαρ οὐδενὸσ τῶν ἀγωγίμων ἀποδέουσιν, ἕλκουσαι καθάπερ ἰύγξι τοῖσ διαγράμμασιν ὧν ὁ γευσάμενοσ, ἄνπερ ἔμπειροσ ᾖ, τὰ Σοφοκλέουσ περίεισιν ᾅδων μουσομανεῖ δ’ ἐλᾷ φρὴν δακέτῳ ποτὶ δειράν, εὔχομαι δ’ ἔκ τε λύρασ ἔκ τε νόμων, οὓσ Θαμύρασ περίαλλα μουσοποιεῖ καὶ νὴ Δί’ Εὔδοξοσ καὶ Ἀρίσταρχοσ καὶ Ἀρχιμήδησ ὅπου γὰρ οἱ φιλογραφοῦντεσ οὕτωσ ἄγονται τῇ πιθανότητι τῶν ἔργων, ὥστε Νικίαν γράφοντα τὴν Νεκυίαν ἐρωτᾶν πολλάκισ τοὺσ οἰκέτασ εἰ ἠρίστηκε, Πτολεμαίου δὲ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἑξήκοντα τάλαντα τῆσ γραφῆσ συντελεσθείσησ πέμψαντοσ αὐτῷ, μὴ λαβεῖν μηδ’ ἀποδόσθαι τοὔργον· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 112)
ἴσθ’, ἵνα καὶ μετόπισθε τεῇ εἴπῃσθα γυναικὶ καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο χαριέντωσ Ὅμηροσ εἰσ τὴν νέκυιαν εἶπεν, ὡσ γυναικὸσ ἀκρόασιν οὖσαν διὰ τὸ μυθῶδεσ Τοιαῦτα γάρ ἐστιν ἃ πλάττουσιν ἑκόντεσ οἱ ποιηταί· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 2 14:1)
τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ ἔποσ ἐκ τῶν Ἡσιόδου Πεισίστρατον ἐξελεῖν φησιν Ἡρέασ ὁ Μεγαρεύσ, ὥσπερ αὖ πάλιν ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν Ὁμήρου νέκυιαν τὸ Θησέα Πειρίθοόν τε θεῶν ἀριδείκετα τέκνα, χαριζόμενον Ἀθηναίοισ· (Plutarch, chapter 20 2:1)

Synonyms

by which ghosts were called up and questioned
- νεκυϊσμός (a magical rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about the future)

διελέγχω (to refute utterly)
θέσπις (having words from God)
παρῳδία (parody)
κράντωρ ()
Ἑρμιονεύς (an inhabitant of Hermione)
παρῳδός (singing indirectly)
ἰαμβοποιός (a writer of iambics)
ἀγαλματοποιός (a maker of statues)
πολυίστωρ (very learned)
ἐπικήδειος (of or at a burial)
σίλλος (squint-eyed)
Ὀδύσσεια (the Odyssey)
Ἀριστοφάνειος (of Aristophanes)
ἐπιφόρημα (dishes served up besides or after)
χαμαιλέων (chameleon)
θηριακός (of wild or venomous beasts)
παρεισάγω (to lead in by one's side)
Τιτανομαχίᾱ (a battle of Titans)
ἐποποιός (an epic poet)
ἀρτέμων (a foresail)
δίστιχος (of two verses)
ποτανής ()
Κέρκωψ (the Cercopes)
Ῥοδιακός (Rhodian)
Σαπφώ (Sapph)
τραγῳδοποιός (a maker of tragedies)
τραγῳδιογράφος (writing tragedies)
ποιημάτιον ()
ἀνατρεπτικός (likely to upset)
κλείω (to shut)

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

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νέκυια

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by which ghosts were called up and questioned

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by which ghosts were called up and questioned

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