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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

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

  • ἐν μέσῃ δὲ τῇ στήλῃ ἐνεὼν διαφαίνεται ὁ νέκυσ, οὔτε ὀδμὴν οὐδεμίαν ἄχαριν παρεχόμενοσ οὔτε ἄλλο ἀεικὲσ οὐδέν, καὶ ἔχει πάντα φανερὰ ὁμοίωσ αὐτῷ τῷ νέκυϊ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 24 4:1)
  • ἐπεὰν δὲ ἀποτύψωνταί τε καὶ ἀποκλαύσωνται, πρῶτα μὲν καταγίζουσι τῷ Ἀδώνιδι ὅκωσ ἐόντι νέκυι, μετὰ δὲ τῇ ἑτέρῃ ἡμέρῃ ζώειν τέ μιν μυθολογέουσι καὶ ἐσ τὸν ἠέρα πέμπουσι καὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ ξύρονται ὅκωσ Αἰγύπτιοι ἀποθανόντοσ Ἄπιοσ. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 6:3)
  • ἀλλὰ σύ πέρ μοι ἄναξ τόδε καρτερὸν ἕλκοσ ἄκεσσαι, κοίμησον δ’ ὀδύνασ, δὸσ δὲ κράτοσ, ὄφρ’ ἑτάροισι κεκλόμενοσ Λυκίοισιν ἐποτρύνω πολεμίζειν, αὐτόσ τ’ ἀμφὶ νέκυι κατατεθνηῶτι μάχωμαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 42:12)
  • οἳ δ’ ἐπεὶ ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἐκαρτύναντο φάλαγγασ Τρῶεσ καὶ Λύκιοι καὶ Μυρμιδόνεσ καὶ Ἀχαιοί, σύμβαλον ἀμφὶ νέκυι κατατεθνηῶτι μάχεσθαι δεινὸν ἀύ̈σαντεσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 46:2)
  • ἐννῆμαρ δὴ νεῖκοσ ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ὄρωρεν Ἕκτοροσ ἀμφὶ νέκυι καὶ Ἀχιλλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 9:12)

Synonyms

  1. corpse

  2. spirits of the dead

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