ἐντάφιος

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ον,

   A of, belonging to or used in burial, κόσμοι D.H.2.67.    II as Subst.,    1 ἐντάφιον, τό, shroud, winding-sheet, AP 11.125; ἐ. δὲ τοιοῦτον οὔτ' εὐρὼς οὔτε . . ἀμαυρώσει χρόνος Simon.4.4; καλὸν ἐ. ἡ τυραννίς Isoc.6.45; κάλλιστον ἐ. ἕξουσι τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος θάνατον Plb.15.10.3; ὁ πλοῦτος δ' οὐκἐμὸν ἐ. AP9.294 (Antiphil.).    b μηδ' ἐντάφια καταλιπόντι money for funeral expenses, Plu.Arist.27: later in sg., funeral expenses, PLond.5.1708.205 (vi A. D.).    2 ἐ. (sc. ἱερά), τά, offerings to the dead, obsequies, S.El.326, Is.8.38, Epigr.Gr.313.13 (Smyrna): Cyren. ἐντόφιον Notiz.Arch.4.96.