burial

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. τάφος, ὁ, ταφή, ἡ, P. θῆκαι, αἱ (Thuc. 2, 52), V. κατασκαφαί, αἱ; see funeral.

for account of burial, see Thuc. 2, 34.

carry out for burial, verb transitive: P. and V. ἐκφέρω, ἐκφέρειν, V. κομίζειν; see bury.

carrying out for burial, subs.: P. and V. ἐκφορά, ἡ.

compose for burial, verb transitive: see compose.

pick up for burial (after battle): P. and V. ἀναιρεῖσθαι.

picking up for burial (after battle), subs.: P. and V. ἀναίρεσις, ἡ.

prepare for burial, verb transitive: V. κηδεύειν.

burial by hands of friends: V. τυμβοχόα χειρώματα (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 1022).