1. corpse, dead body — A lifeless human body, a fallen corpse. All three clusters represent the same lexical meaning — a dead body — distinguished only by grammatical number (singular vs. plural) and case (nominative, accusative). Multilingual evidence is uniformly convergent: Spanish 'cadáver' / 'cadáveres,' Hindi 'लाश' / 'लाशों' (corpse/corpses), Arabic 'جُثَّةَ' / 'جُثَثَهُم' (corpse/their corpses), Korean '시체' / '시체들을' (corpse/corpses), Swahili 'maiti' / 'mwili' (dead body/body). The etymological root πίπτω (to fall) is reflected in the sense of a body that has fallen in death. 7×
AR["الجُثَّةَ","الجُثَّةُ","جُثَثَهُم","جُثَّةَ","جُثَّتَهُ","جُثَّتَهُم","جُثَّتُهُم"]·ben["দেহ","মৃতদেহ","মৃতদেহগুলো"]·DE["Leichnam","πτῶμα"]·EN["body","corpse","corpses"]·FR["cadavre"]·heb["גְּוִיָּה","גּוּפָה","פְּגָרִים","פֶּגֶר"]·HI["और","लाश","लाशों","शरिर"]·ID["bangkai","jenazah","mayat","mayat-mayat"]·IT["ptoma","ptōma","ptōmata"]·jav["bathang","layon,","layon-layonipun","layonipun"]·KO["시체가","시체들을","시체를"]·PT["cadáver","cadáveres","corpo"]·RU["тело","труп","трупы"]·ES["cadáver","cadáveres","cuerpo"]·SW["huko","maiti","mwili"]·TR["cesedi","cesedini","cesetlerini","leş"]·urd["لاش","لاشوں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
πτῶμα, ατος, τό, (πίπτω) fall, πεσεῖν.. πτώματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἔπεσε τοιοῦτον π. Refs 5th c.BC+ __b fall in wrestling, Refs 3rd c.BC+: metaphorically, booby-trap, π. φιλοσόφων ἀπαλαιστρότατον Refs 1st c.BC+; lapse, blunder, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 metaphorically, misfortune, calamity, τά γ᾽ ἐκ θεῶν πτώματα calamities sent by the gods, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 plural, injuries…