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τάφος

τάφος, a burial, funeral

τάφος2, astonishment, amazement

τάφος [ᾰ] (A), ὁ, (θάπτω)
  • funeral-rites, Il. 23.619, Od. 4.547; δαινύναι τάφον to give a funeral-feast, Il. 23.29, Od. 3.309; τελέσαι τάφον Ἕκτορι δίῳ to perform the funeral-rites, Il. 24.660; so ὃν πόλις στυγεῖ, σὺ τιμήσεις τάφῳ; A. Th. 1051; τάφῳ κτερίζειν S. Ant. 203; τάφον τινὸς θέσθαι Id. OT 1447; τ. περιστέλλειν νεκροῦ Id. Aj. 1170; τάφου τυχεῖν obtain the rites of burial, E. Hec. 47; τοιόσδε ὁ τ. ἐγένετο Th. 2.47: pl. of a single funeral, Pl. R. 414a; so of cremation, Clitarch. 32 J.
      • 2 the act of performing the funeral-rites, τοῦδε τοῦ τ. φήσεις μετασχεῖν S. Ant. 534.
    • II grave, tomb, Hes. Sc. 477, Pi. I. 8(7).63, A. Pers. 686, Ch. 168, S. El. 1218 sq., Hdt. 2.136, Th. 1.26, etc. (never in Hom.): pl. of a single grave, S. OC 411; ὄντες ἐν τάφοις dead and buried, A. Eu. 767; μέγας γʼ ὀφθαλμὸς οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι his being dead and buried, S. OT 987:—γῦπες ἔμψυχοι τάφοι Gorg. 5a.
      • 2 ἔμψυχός τις τ. a ‘living skeleton’, Luc. DMort. 16[6].2.
      • 3 = βωμός, Duris 34 J.
      • 4 Cypr. for φόνος, Sch. Il. 23.29.
τάφος [ᾰ] (B), εος, τό, (τέθηπα)
  • astonishment, amazement, τ. δʼ ἕλε πάντας Od. 21.122, cf. 24.441; τ. δέ οἱ ἦτορ ἵκανεν 23.93; dat. τάφει Ibyc. 21.

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