νεκρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (of a woman, Diph.129),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[corpse]], Hom., etc.: as [[substantive]], 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 [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 391b: the Art. is freq. omitted even of a particular corpse, esp. when a gen. is added, <b class="b3">ν. γυναικός, ἀνθρώπου</b>, 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[dying person]], μυχθισμὸς νεκρῶν E.''Rh.''789; ν. ἀσπαίροντες Antipho 2.4.5; ν. ἀποθνῄσκοντες Th.2.52.<br><span class="bld">3</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in plural, [[the dead]], as dwellers in the nether world, κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν Od.10.526, cf. 11.34, etc.; ἐν νεκροῖς [[LXX]] ''Ps.''87(88).5; ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι = had raised from the dead ''Ev.Jo.''12.1; ἡ [[ἀνάστασις]] ἡ ἐκ νεκρῶν = rising from the dead ''Ev.Luc.''20.35: metaph., ζωὴ ἐκ ν. ''Ep.Rom.''11.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective νεκρός, νεκρά, νεκρόν, [[dead]], first in Pi., νεκρὸς [[ἵππος]] ''Fr.''203; <b class="b3">ν. σώματα</b> Mitteis ''Chr.''31 ii 22 (ii B.C.), Ach.Tat.3.5, cf. Nic.Dam.58 J., Plu.2.685b, X. Eph.5.1, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''51.8 (ii A.D.), ''BGU''1024vii26 (iv/v A.D.) (but also τὰ τῶν νεκρών σώματα Pl.''Lg.''959b; σῶμα… νεκροῦ E.''Hec.''679); νεκρὰ χελώνη Luc.''DDeor.''7.4: Comp. νεκρότερος ''AP''11.135 (Lucill.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[inanimate]], [[inorganic]], opp. [[ἔμψυχος]], Plot.3.6.6; <b class="b3">οὐχὶ νεκρόν, ὥσπερ λίθον ἢ ξύλον</b>, <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ ζῶν</b> Id.4.7.9; οὐρανὸς… ὢν πρὸ ψυχῆς σῶμα ν., [[γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ]] Id.5.1.2; <b class="b3">ἡ νεκρὰ θάλασσα</b> the ''Dead'' Sea, Paus.5.7.4, Gal.11.690, Orph.''A.'' 1082.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., νεκρὸς [[πλοῦτος]] Philostr.''VS''2.1.1.