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Headword:
*neka/des
Adler number: nu,140
Translated headword: piles of corpses
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] dead men.[1]
But by a misuse of language [it] also [means] the ranks of the living.[2]
Greek Original:*neka/des: nekroi/. kataxrhstikw=s de\ kai\ ai( tw=n zww=n ta/ceis.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica: references at
Photius nu95 Theodoridis.
[2] cf. (e.g.)
Hesychius nu254 (citing
Callimachus fr. 567 Pfeiffer) and a scholion on
Homer,
Iliad 5.886. See generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1).
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; epic; military affairs; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 October 2005@20:30:02.
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