νέκυια

νέκυια, ἡ, (νέκυς) a magical

• rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about the future, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.17b (pl.); νεκυίᾳ χρήσασθαι Hdn. 4.12.4; name for the eleventh Book of the Odyssey, D.S. 4.39, Plu. QConv. 2.740e.
• • II funeral ceremony, τῶν ἀμφὶ τὴν ν. τε καὶ τὰς διαθήκας καλινδουμένων Luc. Nigr. 30.
  • III rabble, used contemptuously of Caesarʼs entourage, Cic. Att. 9.18.2, cf. Attic. ap. eund. Att. 9.10.7.
  • IV = φλόμος, so called because used in necromancy, Cyran. 30 (written νεκύα).