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|Definition=(Lacon. [[νέκυρ]] Hsch.), ῠος, ὁ, poet. dat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> 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.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in plural, [[spirit]]s 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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective [[dead]], post-Hom., [[ἐχθρὸν ὧδ' αἰδῇ νέκυν]]; = why do you so [[respect]] an [[enemy]]'s [[corpse]] S.Aj.1356; κίχλαι αἱ νέκυες AP11.96 (Nicarch.); cf. however Il.24.35,423.—Poet. word, used also by Hdt., in IG22.1672.119 (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, AP7.1 (Alc. Mess.).] (Cf. Avest. nasu- '[[corpse]]', Skt. náśyati '[[perish]]', '[[disappear]]', Lat. [[necare]].)