νέκυια,ἡ, (νέκυς) a magical
A. rite by which ghosts were called up and questionedabout the future, Plu. 2.17b (pl.); νεκυίᾳ χρήσασθαι
Hdn. 4.12.4
; name for the eleventh Book of the Odyssey, D.S. 4.39 , Plu. 2.740e .
II. funeral ceremony,
τῶν ἀμφὶ τὴν ν. τε καὶ τὰς διαθήκας καλινδουμένων
Luc. Nigr. 30
.
III. rabble,used contemptuously of Caesar's entourage, Cic. Att. 9.18.2 , cf. Attic. ap. eund. Att. 9.10.7 .
IV. . = φλόμος , so called because used in necromancy, Cyran. 30 (writtenνεκύα).