νεκρός, ὁ
(of a woman, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 129)] Refs 4th c.BC+], corpse, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: as substantive, in early writers always of mankind, νεκροὺς συλήσετε τεθνηῶτας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.71; ν. ἔρυον κατατεθνηῶτας 18.540 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently of those killed in battle, τοὺς ν. ὑποσπόνδους ἀνείλοντο [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44, etc.: in _sing._, νεκρῷ ἐούσῃ Μελίσσῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. η; κεῖται ν. περὶ νεκρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1240, etc.; Πατρόκλῳ ν. ὄντι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391b: the _Article_ is frequently omitted even of a particular corpse, especially when a _genitive_ is added, ν. γυναικός, ἀνθρώπου, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89, 90, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 659, “Th.” 1018 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, of a fish, ν. ἰχθύος [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 6.13: _neuter_ _plural_ νεκρά, τά, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.773d: _metaphorically_, νεκρὰ καὶ καπνός 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 12.33. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 dying person, μυχθισμὸς νεκρῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 789; ν. ἀσπαίροντες 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.5; ν. ἀποθνῄσκοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.52. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, ὁ υἱός μου ν. ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε [[ NT.Luke.15.24; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς καὶ ν. εἶ NT.Rev.3.1; ν. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ NT.Rom.6.11. ] NT]
__4 in plural, the dead, as dwellers in the nether world, κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.526, compare 11.34, etc.; ἐν νεκροῖς LXX.Psa.87(88).5; ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγεῖραι NT.John.12.1; ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ ἐκ ν. NT.Luke.20.35: _metaphorically_, ζωὴ ἐκ ν. NT.Rom.11.15. ] NT+8th c.BC+]