νεκάς
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ, (νέκυς)
A heap of slain, ἐν αἰνῇσιν νεκάδεσσιν Il.5.886, cf. Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.10. II simply, = τάξις, in pl., ranks, Call. Fr.231. III in pl., the dead, ἄναξ νεκάδων Ἀϊδωνεύς AP15.40.43 (Cometas), cf. EM600.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 237] άδος, ἡ, ein, Hause von Leichen (νέκυς, νεκρός), reihenweis daliegende Todte, Il. 5, 886 u. Sp., wie Luc. Philopatr. 10, Comet. ep. (XV, 40). – Nach Hesych. brauchte es Callim. frg. 231 = τάξις, Hause, Schaar. – Die Kykliker sollen es nach E. M. 600, 9 für ψυχή gebraucht haben.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νεκάς: -άδος, ἡ, (νέκυς) σωρὸς νεκρῶν, ἐν αἰνῇσιν νεκάδεσσιν, «ἐν ταῖς χαλεπαῖς τάξεσι τῶν νεκρῶν» (Θ. Γαζῆς), Ἰλ. Ε. 886, πρβλ. Ἀνθ. Π. 15. 40, 43, Ψευδο-Λουκ. Φιλόπατρ. 10. ΙΙ. ἐν Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 231, ἁπλῶς σωρὸς ἢ σειρά, ἄνευ τῆς ἐννοίας τῶν πτωμάτων. ΙΙΙ. Λέγεται ὅτι οἱ κυκλικοὶ ποιηταὶ ἐχρῶντο τῇ λέξει ἀντὶ τοῦ ψυχή, «παρὰ μὲν τοῖς κυκλικοῖς αἱ ψυχαὶ νεκάδες λέγονται» Ἐτυμ. Μέγ. 600. 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
άδος (ἡ) :
monceau ou rangée de cadavres.
Étymologie: cf. νεκρός, νέκυς.
