νεκραγωγός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νεκρο- (nekro-, “dead”) + ἀγωγή (agōgḗ, “transportation”) + -ος (-os, noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.kra.ɡɔː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ne.kra.ɡoˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ne.kra.ɣoˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ne.kra.ɣoˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ne.kra.ɣoˈɣos/
Noun
νεκρᾰγωγός • (nekragōgós) m (genitive νεκρᾰγωγοῦ); second declension
- One who leads or guides the dead.
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ νεκρᾰγωγός; τοῦ νεκρᾰγωγοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νεκρᾰγωγός ho nekragōgós | τὼ νεκρᾰγωγώ tṑ nekragōgṓ | οἱ νεκρᾰγωγοί hoi nekragōgoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νεκρᾰγωγοῦ toû nekragōgoû | τοῖν νεκρᾰγωγοῖν toîn nekragōgoîn | τῶν νεκρᾰγωγῶν tôn nekragōgôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νεκρᾰγωγῷ tôi nekragōgôi | τοῖν νεκρᾰγωγοῖν toîn nekragōgoîn | τοῖς νεκρᾰγωγοῖς toîs nekragōgoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νεκρᾰγωγόν tòn nekragōgón | τὼ νεκρᾰγωγώ tṑ nekragōgṓ | τοὺς νεκρᾰγωγούς toùs nekragōgoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεκρᾰγωγέ nekragōgé | νεκρᾰγωγώ nekragōgṓ | νεκρᾰγωγοί nekragōgoí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- νεκραγωγέω (nekragōgéō)
Further reading
- “νεκραγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νεκραγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers