νεκρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This likely did not form at the Proto-Indo-European level, as the expected result due to suffix ablaut would be *n̥ḱrós, which would regularly yield *ἀκρός (*akrós). It probably formed either at the Proto-Greek stage or the Ancient Greek stage from νέκυς (nékus, “a dead body”)) + -ρός (-rós). Either way, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-.

See also Latin nocēre (“to hurt, harm”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors) and Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “to disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

νεκρός • (nekrós) m (feminine νεκρᾱ́, neuter νεκρόν); first/second declension

1. dead

Inflection

Noun

νεκρός • (nekrós) m (genitive νεκροῦ); second declension

1. a dead body, corpse
2. one who is dead (in plural: the dead)
3. dying person

Inflection

Synonyms

• (corpse): νέκυς (nékus)

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • body idem, page 87.
  • carrion idem, page 115.
  • corpse idem, page 174.
  • dead idem, page 197.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈkɾos/
• Hyphenation: νε‧κρός

Adjective

νεκρός • (nekrós) m (feminine νεκρή or νεκρά, neuter νεκρό)

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (figuratively) dead (no longer used or required)

   νεκρός νόμος ― nekrós nómos ― dead law

   Η Λατινική δεν είναι νεκρή γλώσσα.

   I Latinikí den eínai nekrí glóssa.

   Latin is not a dead language.

Declension

Synonyms

• (dead, no longer living): πεθαμένος (pethaménos), ψόφιος (psófios), αποθανών (apothanón) (archaic), εκλιπών (eklipón) (archaic), τεθνεώς (tethneós) (archaic), κεκοιμημένος (kekoimiménos) (ecclesiastical use)
• (dead, lifeless): άψυχος (ápsychos), άτονος (átonos)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "dead"): ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
• (antonym(s) of "dead"): ζωντανός (zontanós, “lively”), ενεργητικός (energitikós, “energetic”), σφριγηλός (sfrigilós, “peppy”)

Derived terms

• νεκρικός (nekrikós, “deathly”)
• νεκρό n (nekró, “neutral”)
• νεκρότητα f (nekrótita, “deadness”)

Noun

νεκρός • (nekrós) m (plural νεκροί, feminine νεκρή)

1. dead man, decedent

   Η σορός του νεκρού μεταφέρεται στο κοιμητήριο.

   I sorós tou nekroú metaféretai sto koimitírio.

   The deceased's body is being transferred to the cemetery.

Declension

Synonyms

• (dead man, decedent): αποθανών m (apothanón), πτώμα n (ptóma, “corpse, carcass”), σορός f (sorós, “corpse”), κουφάρι n (koufári, “carcass”), ψοφίμι n (psofími, “carcass”)

Derived terms

• νεκροκεφαλή f (nekrokefalí, “skull, death's-head”)