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|Definition=[ᾰ] (A), ὁ, ([[θάπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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]] for [[noble]] [[Hector]] / [[accomplish]] his [[burial]] for [[noble]] [[Hector]], Il.24.660; so ὃν [[πόλις]] [[στυγέω|στυγεῖ]], σὺ τιμήσεις τάφῳ; = [[will]] you [[honour]] with [[burial]] a [[man]] whom the [[city]] [[detest]]s? A. Th.1051; τάφῳ [[κτερίζειν]] S.Ant.203; τάφον τινὸς [[θέσθαι]] Id.OT1447; τάφον [[περιστέλλειν]] νεκροῦ Id.Aj.1170; τάφου [[τυχεῖν]] = [[obtain]] the [[rite]]s of [[burial]], E.Hec.47; τοιόσδε μὲν ὁ τάφος ἐγένετο = [[such]] was the [[funeral]] that [[take place|took place]] Th.2.47: pl. [[τάφοι]], of a [[single]] [[funeral]], Pl.R.414a; so of [[cremation]], Clitarch. 32 J.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[act]] of [[perform]]ing the [[funeral rites]], τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου φήσεις [[μετασχεῖν]]; = do you [[admit]] being a [[party]] to this [[burial]]? S.Ant.534.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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. [[τάφοι]], of a [[single]] [[grave]], S.OC411; [[ὄντες ἐν τάφοις]] = [[dead and buried]], A.Eu.767; [[καὶ μὴν μέγας γ' ὀφθαλμὸς οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι]] = your father's [[death]] is a [[great]] [[sign]] for us to take [[cheer]], S.OT987:—γῦπες ἔμψυχοι τάφοι = [[vulture]]s "[[living]] [[sepulchre]]s" Gorg.5a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἔμψυχός τις τάφος]] = a '[[living skeleton]]', Luc.DMort.6.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[βωμός]], Duris 34 J.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Cypr. for [[φόνος]], Sch.Il.23.29.[ᾰ] (B), εος, τό, ([[τέθηπα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[astonishment]], [[amazement]], τάφος δ' ἕλε πάντας = [[amazement]] [[seize]]d all Od.21.122, cf. 24.441; τάφος δέ οἱ [[ἦτορ]] ἵκανεν = [[amazement]] came upon her [[heart]] 23.93; dat. τάφει Ibyc.21.