νέκυια,
ἡ,(
νέκυς) a magical
A). rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about the future,
Plu. 2.17b (pl.);
νεκυίᾳ χρήσασθαι Hdn. 4.12.4 ; name for the eleventh Book of the Odyssey,
D.S. 4.39 ,
Plu. 2.740e .
II). funeral ceremony, τῶν ἀμφὶ τὴν ν. τε καὶ τὰς διαθήκας καλινδουμένων Luc. Nigr. 30 .
III). rabble, used contemptuously of Caesar's entourage,
Cic. Att. 9.18.2 , cf.
Attic. ap. eund.
Att. 9.10.7 .
IV).. = φλόμος , so called because used in necromancy, Cyran. 30 (written νεκύα).