νέκυς
νέκυς ( Lacon.
νέκυρ Hsch.),
ῠος,
ὁ, poet. dat.
A). νέκυϊ Il. 16.526 , etc.; Ep. dat. pl.
νεκύεσσι Od. 11.491 ,
νέκυσσι ib.
569 ,
22.401 ,
23.45 ; acc. pl.
νέκῡς Il. 7.420 ,
18.180 ,
Od. 24.417 ,
E. Fr. 176.4 ; also
νέκυας Il. 7.418 , al.:—
corpse, freq. in
Il., less freq. in
Od.; in
Il. 4.492 ,
493 ,
νέκυς and
νεκρός are used of the same dead person;
ν. ἀνδρός Hdt. 1.140 , cf.
3.16 ,
24 ,
S. Ant. 26 ,
E. Or. 1585 ;
ν. τεθνηώς, κατατεθνηώς, Il. 18.173 ,
16.526 ;
νέκυες κατατεθνηῶτες, κτάμενοι, καταφθίμενοι, Od. 10.530 ,
23.45 ,
11.491 ;
ἀνδρὸς Πέρσεω ὁ ν. Hdt. 1.140 , cf.
3.16 ;
ὁ κατθανὼν ν. S. Ant. 515 ;
dead person, νεκύων σώματα E. Supp. 62 (lyr.).
2). in pl.,
spirits of the dead, freq. in
Od. 11 , less freq. in
Il.;
νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κάρηνα Od. 11.29 , cf.
Il. 15.251 ;
πεδ’ ἀμαύρων ν. Sapph. 68 .
II). as Adj.
dead, post-
Hom.,
ἐχθρὸν ὧδ’ αἰδῇ νέκυν;
S. Aj. 1356 ;
κίχλαι αἱ νέκυες AP 11.96 (
Nicarch.); cf. however
Il. 24.35 ,
423 .—Poet. word, used also by
Hdt., in
IG 22.1672.119 (iv B.C.), in Cretan, Kohler-Ziebarth
Stadtrecht von Gortyn p.35 , and in late Prose,
Plu. Crass. 19 ,
Hdn. 4.8.5 .[
ῡ of nom. and acc. sg. in
Hom.,
Il. 4.492 ,
22.386 , etc.;
ῠ Simon. 114.5 ,
E. Supp. 70 (lyr.),
Or. 1585 , and in later Poets,
A.R. 4.480 ,
Bion 1.71 ,
AP 7.1 (
Alc. Mess.).] (Cf. Avest.
nasu- 'corpse', Skt.
náśyati 'perish', 'disappear', Lat.
necare.)
ShortDef
a dead body, a corpse, corse
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
νέκυς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
νεκυς
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-70154
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">νέκυς</span> ( Lacon. <span class="orth greek">νέκυρ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>), <span class="itype greek">ῠος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, poet. dat. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">νέκυϊ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.526/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.526 </a> , etc.; Ep. dat. pl. <span class="quote greek">νεκύεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:491" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.491/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.491 </a> , <span class="foreign greek">νέκυσσι</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:569" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:569/canonical-url/"> 569 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.401/canonical-url/"> 22.401 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.45/canonical-url/"> 23.45 </a>; acc. pl. <span class="quote greek">νέκῡς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:420" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.420/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.420 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.180/canonical-url/"> 18.180 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.417/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 24.417 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 176.4 </span>; also <span class="quote greek">νέκυας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:418" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.418/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.418 </a> , al.:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">corpse,</span> freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span></span>, less freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>; in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.492 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:493" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:493/canonical-url/"> 493 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">νέκυς</span> and <span class="foreign greek">νεκρός</span> are used of the same dead person; <span class="quote greek">ν. ἀνδρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.140 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.16/canonical-url/"> 3.16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> 24 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1585" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1585/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1585 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ν. τεθνηώς, κατατεθνηώς,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:173" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.173/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.173 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.526/canonical-url/"> 16.526 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">νέκυες κατατεθνηῶτες, κτάμενοι, καταφθίμενοι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:530" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.530/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.530 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.45/canonical-url/"> 23.45 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:491" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.491/canonical-url/"> 11.491 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀνδρὸς Πέρσεω ὁ ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.140 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.16/canonical-url/"> 3.16 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ κατθανὼν ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:515" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:515/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 515 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dead person,</span> <span class="quote greek">νεκύων σώματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 62 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spirits of the dead,</span> freq. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11 </a>, less freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κάρηνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.29 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:251" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.251/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.251 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πεδ’ ἀμαύρων ν.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 68 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> as Adj. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dead,</span> post-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐχθρὸν ὧδ’ αἰδῇ νέκυν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1356" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1356/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1356 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κίχλαι αἱ νέκυες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.96 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicarch.</span></span>); cf. however <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.35 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:423/canonical-url/"> 423 </a>.—Poet. word, used also by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span></span>, in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1672.119 </span> (iv B.C.), in Cretan, Kohler-Ziebarth <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Stadtrecht von Gortyn</span> <span class="bibl"> p.35 </span>, and in late Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Crass.</span> 19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:4:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:4:8:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdn.</span> 4.8.5 </a>.[<span class="pron greek">ῡ</span> of nom. and acc. sg. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.492 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.386/canonical-url/"> 22.386 </a>, etc.; <span class="pron greek">ῠ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:114:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:114.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 114.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 70 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1585" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1585/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1585 </a>, and in later Poets, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:480" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.480/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.480 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0036.tlg001:1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0036.tlg001:1.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bion</span> 1.71 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.1 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> </span> Mess.).] (Cf. Avest. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nasu-</span> \'corpse\', Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">náśyati</span> \'perish\', \'disappear\', Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">necare.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}