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νέκυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέκυς νέκυος

Structure: νεκυς (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: like nekro/s

Sense

  1. corpse, dead person
  2. (in the plural) spirits of the dead
  3. (attributive) dead, deceased

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νέκυς νέκυε νέκυες
Genitive νέκυος νεκύοιν νεκύων
Dative νέκυϊ νεκύοιν νέκυσιν*
Accusative νέκυν νέκυε νέκυας
Vocative νέκυς νέκυε νέκυες

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

  • ἔνθ’ οἳ μὲν ἐπ’ ἄκραισι πυραῖσ νέκυεσ ἔκειντο γῆσ ἐπὶ ξένησ, ὀρφανὰ τείχεα προλιπόντεσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἱερῆσ καὶ μυχὸν ἑστίησ πατρῴησ, ἥβην τ’ ἐρατὴν καὶ καλὸν ἡλίου πρόσωπον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 416)
  • ἔνθα δὲ πολλαὶ ἑξείησ πρόμαλοί τε καὶ ἰτέαι ἐκπεφύασιν, τῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτων νέκυεσ σειρῇσι κρέμανται δέσμιοι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 4:23)
  • Ἀρκάδασ οὐχ οὕτω Στυμφαλίδεσ, ὡσ ἐμὲ κίχλαι αἱ νέκυεσ ξηροῖσ ἤκαχον ὀσταρίοισ, ἁρ́πυιαι, δραχμῆσ ξηρὴ δεκάσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 961)
  • οἱ νῦν κληρονόμοι νέκυεσ μέγα κέρδοσ ἔχουσι, τὴν ἀναχώρησιν τοῦ μογεροῦ βιότου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5003)
  • τὴν πόλιν οἱ νέκυεσ πρότερον ζῶσαν κατέλειψαν· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5011)

Synonyms

  1. corpse

  2. spirits of the dead

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