νεκρός

English (LSJ)

ὁ (of a woman, Diph.129),

   A corpse, Hom., etc.: as Subst., in early writers always of mankind, νεκροὺς συλήσετε τεθνηῶτας Il. 6.71; ν. ἔρυον κατατεθνηῶτας 18.540: freq. of those killed in battle, τοὺς ν. ὑποσπόνδους ἀνείλοντο Th.4.44, etc.: in sg., νεκρῷ ἐούσῃ Μελίσσῃ Hdt.5.92.η'; κεῖται ν. περὶ νεκρῷ S.Ant.1240, etc.; Πατρόκλῳ ν. ὄντι Pl.R.391b: the Art. is freq. omitted even of a particular corpse, esp. when a gen. is added, ν. γυναικός, ἀνθρώπου, Hdt.2.89, 90, cf. A. Ag.659, Th.1018; later, of a fish, ν. ἰχθύος M.Ant.6.13: neut. pl. νεκρά, τά, Plu.2.773d: metaph., νεκρὰ καὶ καπνός M.Ant.12.33.    2 dying person, μυχθισμὸς νεκρῶν E.Rh.789; ν. ἀσπαίροντες Antipho 2.4.5; ν. ἀποθνῄσκοντες Th.2.52.    3 metaph., ὁ υἱός μου ν. ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε Ev.Luc.15.24; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς καὶ ν. εἶ Apoc.3.1; ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ Ep.Rom.6.11.    4 in pl., the dead, as dwellers in the nether world, κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν Od.10.526, cf. 11.34, etc.; ἐν νεκροῖς LXXPs.87(88).5; ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι Ev.Jo.12.1; ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ ἐκ ν. Ev.Luc.20.35: metaph., ζωὴ ἐκ ν. Ep.Rom.11.15.    II as Adj. νεκρός, ά, όν, dead, first in Pi., ν. ἵππος Fr.203; ν. σώματα Mitteis Chr.31 ii 22 (ii B.C.), Ach.Tat.3.5, cf. Nic.Dam.58 J., Plu.2.685b, X. Eph.5.1, POxy.51.8 (ii A.D.), BGU1024vii26 (iv/v A.D.) (but also τὰ τῶν ν. σώματα Pl.Lg.959b; σῶμα . . νεκροῦ E.Hec.679); ν. χελώνη Luc.DDeor.7.4: Comp. -ότερος AP11.135 (Lucill.).    2 inanimate, inorganic, opp. ἔμψυχος, Plot.3.6.6; οὐχὶ ν., ὥσπερ λίθον ἢ ξύλον, ἀλλὰ ζῶν Id.4.7.9; οὐρανὸς . . ὢν πρὸ ψυχῆς σῶμα ν., γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ Id.5.1.2; ἡ ν. θάλασσα the Dead Sea, Paus.5.7.4, Gal.11.690, Orph.A. 1082.    3 metaph., ν. πλοῦτος Philostr.VS2.1.1.