νεκρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (of a woman, <span class="bibl">Diph.129</span>), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[corpse]], Hom., etc.: as [[substantive]], in early writers always of mankind, νεκροὺς συλήσετε τεθνηῶτας <span class="bibl">Il. 6.71</span>; ν. ἔρυον κατατεθνηῶτας <span class="bibl">18.540</span>: freq. of those killed in battle, τοὺς ν. ὑποσπόνδους ἀνείλοντο <span class="bibl">Th.4.44</span>, etc.: in sg., νεκρῷ ἐούσῃ Μελίσσῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.η'; κεῖται ν. περὶ νεκρῷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1240</span>, etc.; Πατρόκλῳ ν. ὄντι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>391b</span>: the Art. is freq. omitted even of a particular corpse, esp. when a gen. is added, <b class="b3">ν. γυναικός, ἀνθρώπου</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.89</span>, <span class="bibl">90</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>659</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>1018</span>; later, of a fish, ν. ἰχθύος <span class="bibl">M.Ant.6.13</span>: neut. pl. [[νεκρά]], τά, Plu.2.773d: metaph., νεκρὰ καὶ [[καπνός]] <span class="bibl">M.Ant.12.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[dying person]], μυχθισμὸς νεκρῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>789</span>; ν. ἀσπαίροντες <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.5</span>; ν. ἀποθνῄσκοντες <span class="bibl">Th.2.52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., ὁ υἱός μου ν. ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>15.24</span>; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς καὶ ν. εἶ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>3.1</span>; ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in plural, [[the dead]], as dwellers in the nether world, κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν <span class="bibl">Od.10.526</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.34</span>, etc.; ἐν νεκροῖς <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ps.</span>87(88).5</span>; ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι = had raised from the dead <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>12.1</span>; ἡ [[ἀνάστασις]] ἡ ἐκ νεκρῶν = rising from the dead <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>20.35</span>: metaph., ζωὴ ἐκ ν. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>11.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective νεκρός, νεκρά, νεκρόν, [[dead]], first in Pi., νεκρὸς [[ἵππος]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>203</span>; <b class="b3">ν. σώματα</b> Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>31 ii 22 (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.3.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic.Dam.58</span> J., Plu.2.685b, X. Eph.5.1, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>51.8</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1024vii26</span> (iv/v A.D.) (but also τὰ τῶν νεκρών σώματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>959b</span>; σῶμα… νεκροῦ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>679</span>); νεκρὰ χελώνη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>7.4</span>: Comp. νεκρότερος <span class="title">AP</span>11.135 (Lucill.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[inanimate]], [[inorganic]], opp. [[ἔμψυχος]], <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.6</span>; <b class="b3">οὐχὶ νεκρόν, ὥσπερ λίθον ἢ ξύλον</b>, <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ ζῶν</b> <span class="bibl">Id.4.7.9</span>; οὐρανὸς… ὢν πρὸ ψυχῆς σῶμα ν., [[γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ]] <span class="bibl">Id.5.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ νεκρὰ θάλασσα</b> the <span class="title">Dead</span> Sea, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.7.4</span>, Gal.11.690, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span> 1082</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., νεκρὸς [[πλοῦτος]] <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.1.1</span>.</span>