νέκυια · nekyia — LSJ
rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned
The corpus record
νέκυια
nekuia · ἡ
rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned
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Distribution
- Minos 1 · 3.51/10k
- Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Senses
Attestations
- Νεκυίας · Nekyias Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.24.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1498)
- Νεκυίᾳ · Nekyiai Plato, Minos 319
- Νέκυια · Nekyia Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 5447)
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