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τύμβος

τύμβος, a sepulchral mound, cairn, barrow

τύμβος, ὁ,
  • sepulchral mound, cairn, barrow, τῷ κέν οἱ τύμβον μὲν ἐποίησαν Παναχαιοί Od. 1.239, cf. Il. 2.604, 793, Hdt. 1.45, etc.; τύμβον χεῦαι (cf. τυμβοχοέω) Od. 4.584, 12.14, 24.80; χῶσαι S. Ant. 1203; στήλῃ κεκλιμένος . . ἐπὶ τύμβῳ Il. 11.371.
      • 2 generally, tomb, grave, Pi. O. 1.93, A. Ch. 92, etc.; θρηνεῖν πρὸς τύμβον, of one who will not hear, ib. 926; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τύμβου πεσών like an old man from the grave, as old Philocleon says scoffingly to his son, Ar. V. 1370.
      • 3 tombstone with the figure of the dead, τ. ξεστός E. Alc. 836, cf. AB 309.
    • II metaph., γέρων τύμβος, = τυμβογέρων, E. Med. 1209, Heracl. 167; ὦ τύμβε Ar. Lys. 372. [Dat. sg. τυμοι, i.e. τύμῳ [ῡ], in three metr. epitaphs, IG 9(1).869,870 (Corc., vi B. C.), prob. in IG 12(9).285.10 (Eretria, = Supp.Epigr. 1.409).]

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