νέκυρ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

νέκῡς (nékūs) — Homeric
νέκῠς (nékus) — Attic

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.kyr/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.kyr/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.cyr/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.cyr/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.cir/

Noun

νέκυρ • (nékur)

Laconian form of νέκυς (nékus)

References

“νέκυρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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