νεκρός
Alt. νεκρός, οῦ, ὁ,
Etym. = νέκυς
I. "a dead body, corpse", Hom., etc.: —in pl. "the dead", as dwellers in the nether world, Od.; τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ν. their own "dead", of those killed in battle, Thuc.
II. as adj., νεκρός, ή, όν, "dead", Pind.:— comp. -ότερος Anth.