"νεκάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ne.kás/, /neˈkas/, /neˈkas/, /ne.kás/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /neˈkas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /neˈkas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /neˈkas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /neˈkas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, “group of”, noun-forming suffix) Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*neḱ-}}, {{suffix|grc|νέκυς|ᾰ́ς|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=corpse|t2=group of}} νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, “group of”, noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|νεκᾰ́δος|f|third|head=νεκᾰ́ς}} νεκᾰ́ς • (nekắs) f (genitive νεκᾰ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νεκᾰ́ς|νεκᾰ́δος}} Forms: νεκᾰ́ς [canonical], nekắs [romanization], νεκᾰ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ νεκᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ νεκᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ νεκᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς νεκᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν νεκᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νεκᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ νεκᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν νεκᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νεκᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], νεκᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs nekắsĭ [dative, plural], taîs nekắsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν νεκᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ νεκᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νεκᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], νεκᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], νεκᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], νεκᾰ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. A pile of corpses.
    Sense id: en-νεκάς-grc-noun-eisP6bWq Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 30 35
  2. A line or row of soldiers.
    Sense id: en-νεκάς-grc-noun-HYC6UN2- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 30 35
  3. (in the plural) The dead. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-νεκάς-grc-noun-JQBLhFhR Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 40 37 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς: 38 35 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 30 35
     
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      "form": "ἡ νεκᾰ́ς",
      "roman": "hē nekắs",
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      "form": "αἱ νεκᾰ́δες",
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      "form": "τῶν νεκᾰ́δων",
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      ]
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      "roman": "têi nekắdĭ",
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      ]
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    },
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      "form": "τὴν νεκᾰ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn nekắdă",
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      ]
    },
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νεκᾰ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s nekắdăs",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "A pile of corpses."
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        "A line or row of soldiers."
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      "glosses": [
        "The dead."
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        "(in the plural) The dead."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ne.kás/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈkas/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/neˈkas/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ne.kás/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/neˈkas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/neˈkas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/neˈkas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈkas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νεκάς"
}

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        "A pile of corpses."
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        "The dead."
      ],
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        "(in the plural) The dead."
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/neˈkas/"
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      "ipa": "/neˈkas/"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.