nekrwn | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Dead; a corpse, dead body. Also used adjectivally of things, “lifeless, inanimate.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"nekrwn"

Case: genitive

Number: plural

Gender: masculine (or feminine, depending on lemma/context)

Declension: 3rd declension (stem in -ρο-, e.g. νέκρως < νέκρος/νεκρός)

Note: Form νεκρῶν is most commonly the genitive plural of the adjective νεκρός used substantively (“of (the) dead”), but it can also be the genitive plural of the noun νέκρος (“dead body/corpse”) in authors where that noun occurs.

Related Forms of νεκρός

7 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

νεκροὺς accusative, plural, masculine νεκρός nominative, singular, masculine Νεκροι nominative OR vocative, plural, masculine νεκρους accusative, plural, masculine νεκρον accusative, singular, masculine (more commonly) or... νεκρων genitive, plural, masculine or neuter νεκροι nominative, plural, masculine

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