νέκυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”); see also Middle Welsh angheu (“death”); Breton ankou; Old Irish éc; Latin noxius (“harmful”), noceō (“I hurt, harm”), and nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors); Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /⁠vi-nathayatiy⁠/, “he injures”); Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”); Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

νέκῡς or νέκῠς • (nékūs or nékus) m (genitive νέκῠος); third declension

  1. corpse, dead person
  2. (in the plural) spirits of the dead
  3. (attributive) dead, deceased

Declension
Third declension of νέκῡς; νέκῠος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νέκῡς
nékūs		 νέκῠε
nékue		 νέκῠες
nékues
Genitive νέκῠος
nékuos		 νεκῠ́οιῐν
nekúoiin		 νεκῠ́ων
nekúōn
Dative νέκῠῐ̈ / νέκυι
nékuï / nékui		 νεκῠ́οιῐν
nekúoiin		 νεκῠ́εσσῐ / νεκῠ́εσσῐν / νέκῡσῐ / νέκῡσῐν / νέκῡσσῐ / νέκῡσσῐν
nekúessi(n) / nékūsi(n) / nékūssi(n)
Accusative νέκῡν
nékūn		 νέκῠε
nékue		 νέκῡς / νέκῠᾰς
nékūs / nékuas
Vocative νέκῡ
nékū		 νέκῠε
nékue		 νέκῠες
nékues
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Third declension of ὁ νέκῠς; τοῦ νέκῠος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νέκῠς
ho nékus		 τὼ νέκῠε
tṑ nékue		 οἱ νέκῠες
hoi nékues
Genitive τοῦ νέκῠος
toû nékuos		 τοῖν νεκῠ́οιν
toîn nekúoin		 τῶν νεκῠ́ων
tôn nekúōn
Dative τῷ νέκῠῐ̈ / νέκυι
tôi nékuï / nékui		 τοῖν νεκῠ́οιν
toîn nekúoin		 τοῖς νέκῠσῐ / νέκῠσῐν
toîs nékusi(n)
Accusative τὸν νέκῠν
tòn nékun		 τὼ νέκῠε
tṑ nékue		 τοὺς νέκῡς / νέκῠᾰς
toùs nékūs / nékuas
Vocative νέκῠ
néku		 νέκῠε
nékue		 νέκῠες
nékues
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • νεκυαγωγή (nekuagōgḗ)
  • νεκυαγωγός (nekuagōgós)
  • νεκυάμβατος (nekuámbatos)
  • νεκυδαίμων (nekudaímōn)
  • νεκύδαλος (nekúdalos)
  • νεκυηγός (nekuēgós)
  • νεκυηδόν (nekuēdón)
  • νεκυηπόλος (nekuēpólos)
  • νέκυια (nékuia)
  • νεκυϊκός (nekuïkós)
  • νεκυϊσμός (nekuïsmós)
  • νεκυοδαίμων (nekuodaímōn)
  • νεκυομαντεία (nekuomanteía)
  • νεκυομαντεῖον (nekuomanteîon)
  • νεκυομαντικός (nekuomantikós)
  • νεκυόμαντις (nekuómantis)
  • νεκυοπομπός (nekuopompós)
  • νεκυοστόλος (nekuostólos)
  • νεκύσια (nekúsia)
  • Νεκύσιος (Nekúsios)
  • νεκυσσόος (nekussóos)
  • νεκυώριον (nekuṓrion)

References
  • “νέκυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “νέκυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “νέκυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νέκυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νέκυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “νέκυς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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