θάπτω
ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → but he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill
English (LSJ)
fut.
A θάψω Is.8.21:—Pass., fut. τᾰφήσομαι E.Alc.632, Lys. 13.45, also τεθάψομαι S.Aj.577, 1141, E.IT1464: aor. 1 ἐθάφθην Simon.167 (cj.), Hdt.2.81,7.228; more freq.aor. 2 ἐτάφην [ᾰ] Id.3.10, 55, and alwaysin Att., as Ar.Pl.556; part. ἐν-θαφείς CIG2839 (Aphrodisias): pf. τέθαμμαι, Ion.3pl. τετάφαται v.l. τεθάφαται Hdt.6.103; imper. τεθάφθω Luc.DMar.9.1; inf. τεθάφθαι A.Ch.366 (lyr., prob.l.), Lycurg.113: plpf. Pass. ἐτέθαπτο Od.11.52, Hdt.1.113:—honour with funeral rites, ὅτε μιν θάπτωσιν Ἀχαιοί Il.21.323, cf. Hes.Sc.472; esp. by burial, οὐ γάρ πω ἐτέθαπτο ὑπὸ χθονός Od.11.52 (but freq. used later with ref. to cremation, D.S.3.55, App.Hann.35, Philostr.Her. 10.11, etc.; πυρὶ θάπτειν Plu.2.286f, Philostr.VS2.20.3); θάπτειν . . γῆς φίλαις κατασκαφαῖς A.Th.1013, cf. E.Supp.545 (Pass.); θ. ἐς χῶρον Hdt.2.41; οὗ ἐβούλοντο Th.8.84; θ. ἐξ οἰκίας to carry out to burial from a house, Is.8.21; καταλείψει μηδὲ ταφῆναι not even his burial expenses, Ar.Pl.556; τῷ δ' εἶναι μηδὲ ταφῆναι Id.Ec.592.
