νέκυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Lacon. νέκυρ Hsch.), ῠος, ὁ, poet. dat. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> νέκυϊ <span class="bibl">Il.16.526</span>, etc.; Ep. dat. pl. νεκύεσσι <span class="bibl">Od.11.491</span>, <b class="b3">νέκυσσι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">569</span>, <span class="bibl">22.401</span>, <span class="bibl">23.45</span>; acc. pl. νέκῡς <span class="bibl">Il.7.420</span>, <span class="bibl">18.180</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.417</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>176.4</span>; also νέκυας <span class="bibl">Il.7.418</span>, al.:—[[corpse]], freq. in Il., less freq. in Od.; in <span class="bibl">Il.4.492</span>,<span class="bibl">493</span>, <b class="b3">νέκυς</b> and <b class="b3">νεκρός</b> are used of the same dead person; ν. ἀνδρός <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.140</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.16</span>, <span class="bibl">24</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>26</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1585</span>; <b class="b3">ν. τεθνηώς, κατατεθνηώς</b>, <span class="bibl">Il. 18.173</span>, <span class="bibl">16.526</span>; <b class="b3">νέκυες κατατεθνηῶτες, κτάμενοι, καταφθίμενοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.530</span>, <span class="bibl">23.45</span>, <span class="bibl">11.491</span>; ἀνδρὸς Πέρσεω ὁ ν. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.140</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">3.16</span>; ὁ κατθανὼν ν. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>515</span>; <b class="b2">dead person</b>, νεκύων σώματα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>62</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in pl., <b class="b2">spirits of the dead</b>, freq. in <span class="bibl">Od.11</span>, less freq. in Il.; νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κάρηνα <span class="bibl">Od.11.29</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Il.15.251</span>; πεδ' ἀμαύρων ν. Sapph.68. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adj. [[dead]], post-Hom., <b class="b3">ἐχθρὸν ὧδ' αἰδῇ νέκυν</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1356</span>; κίχλαι αἱ νέκυες <span class="title">AP</span>11.96 (Nicarch.); cf. however <span class="bibl">Il.24.35</span>,<span class="bibl">423</span>.—Poet. word, used also by Hdt., in <span class="title">IG</span>22.1672.119 (iv B.C.), in Cretan, Kohler-Ziebarth <b class="b2">Stadtrecht von Gortyn</b> p.35, and in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.8.5</span>. [ῡ of nom. and acc. sg. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.4.492</span>, <span class="bibl">22.386</span>, etc.; ῠ <span class="bibl">Simon.114.5</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>70</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>1585</span>, and in later Poets, <span class="bibl">A.R. 4.480</span>, <span class="bibl">Bion 1.71</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.1 (Alc. Mess.).] (Cf. Avest. <b class="b2">nasu-</b> 'corpse', Skt. [[náśyati]] 'perish', 'disappear', Lat. [[necare]].) </span>