νεκρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-rós, from *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) (whence also νέκυς (nékus, “a dead body”)) + -ρός (-rós).
See also Latin Latin nocēre (“to hurt, harm”), Latin nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors) and Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.krós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nɛˈkros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈkros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈkros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈkros/
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | νεκρός nekrós |
νεκρᾱ́ nekrā́ |
νεκρόν nekrón |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκρᾱ́ nekrā́ |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκροί nekroí |
νεκραί nekraí |
νεκρᾰ́ nekrá | |||||
Genitive | νεκροῦ nekroû |
νεκρᾶς nekrâs |
νεκροῦ nekroû |
νεκροῖν nekroîn |
νεκραῖν nekraîn |
νεκροῖν nekroîn |
νεκρῶν nekrôn |
νεκρῶν nekrôn |
νεκρῶν nekrôn | |||||
Dative | νεκρῷ nekrôi |
νεκρᾷ nekrâi |
νεκρῷ nekrôi |
νεκροῖν nekroîn |
νεκραῖν nekraîn |
νεκροῖν nekroîn |
νεκροῖς nekroîs |
νεκραῖς nekraîs |
νεκροῖς nekroîs | |||||
Accusative | νεκρόν nekrón |
νεκρᾱ́ν nekrā́n |
νεκρόν nekrón |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκρᾱ́ nekrā́ |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκρούς nekroús |
νεκρᾱ́ς nekrā́s |
νεκρᾰ́ nekrá | |||||
Vocative | νεκρέ nekré |
νεκρᾱ́ nekrā́ |
νεκρόν nekrón |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκρᾱ́ nekrā́ |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκροί nekroí |
νεκραί nekraí |
νεκρᾰ́ nekrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
νεκρῶς nekrôs |
νεκρότερος nekróteros |
νεκρότᾰτος nekrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
νεκρός • (nekrós) m (genitive νεκροῦ); second declension
- a dead body, corpse
- one who is dead (in plural: the dead)
- dying person
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νεκρός ho nekrós |
τὼ νεκρώ tṑ nekrṓ |
οἱ νεκροί hoi nekroí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νεκροῦ toû nekroû |
τοῖν νεκροῖν toîn nekroîn |
τῶν νεκρῶν tôn nekrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νεκρῷ tôi nekrôi |
τοῖν νεκροῖν toîn nekroîn |
τοῖς νεκροῖς toîs nekroîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νεκρόν tòn nekrón |
τὼ νεκρώ tṑ nekrṓ |
τοὺς νεκρούς toùs nekroús | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεκρέ nekré |
νεκρώ nekrṓ |
νεκροί nekroí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (corpse): νέκυς (nékus)
Derived terms
- νεκρο- (nekro-)
Descendants
- Greek: νεκρός (nekrós)
Further reading
- νεκρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νεκρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νεκρός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νεκρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- νεκρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- νεκρός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3498 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈkɾos/
- Hyphenation: νε‧κρός
Adjective
νεκρός • (nekrós) m (feminine νεκρή or νεκρά, neuter νεκρό)
- dead (no longer living)
- Ο πατέρας μου είναι νεκρός εδώ και πέντε χρόνια. ― O patéras mou eínai nekrós edó kai pénte chrónia. ― My father has been dead for five years.
- Στη βόλτα μου, βρήκα ένα νεκρό πουλί. ― Sti vólta mou, vríka éna nekró poulí. ― On my walk, I found a dead bird.
- (figuratively) dead, lifeless (lacking energy or life)
- Αυτό το πάρτι ήταν εντελώς νεκρό. Καλύτερα να εμένα σπίτι. ― Aftó to párti ítan entelós nekró. Kalýtera na eména spíti. ― That party was completely dead. It would have been better to stay home.
- (figuratively) dead (completely inactive; broken, inoperable)
- Όταν σήκωσα το τηλέφωνο, ήταν νεκρό. ― Ótan síkosa to tiléfono, ítan nekró. ― When I picked up the phone, it was dead.
- (figuratively) dead (no longer used or required)
- νεκρός νόμος ― nekrós nómos ― dead law
- Η Λατινική είναι νεκρή γλώσσα. ― I Latinikí eínai nekrí glóssa. ― Latin is a dead language.
Declension
declension of νεκρός
number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | νεκρός | νεκρή / νεκρά | νεκρό | νεκροί | νεκρές | νεκρά |
genitive | νεκρού | νεκρής / νεκράς | νεκρού | νεκρών | νεκρών | νεκρών |
accusative | νεκρό | νεκρή / νεκρά | νεκρό | νεκρούς | νεκρές | νεκρά |
vocative | νεκρέ | νεκρή / νεκρά | νεκρό | νεκροί | νεκρές | νεκρά |
derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο νεκρός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο νεκρός (o pio nekrós), etc.) |
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (dead, no longer living): ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
- (dead, lifeless): ζωντανός (zontanós, “lively”), ενεργητικός (energitikós, “energetic”), σφριγηλός (sfrigilós, “peppy”)
Derived terms
Noun
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- νεκροκεφαλή f (nekrokefalí, “skull, death's-head”)
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