επιχώννυμι

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Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)

Source

Greek Monolingual

ἐπιχώννυμι και ἐπιχωννύω (AM)
καλύπτω με χώμα, ενταφιάζω
αρχ.
1. σχηματίζω τύμβο, σωρό χώματος επάνω στον τάφο του νεκρού
2. γεμίζω με χώμα τάφρο, δίοδο κ.λπ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + χώννυμι «συσσωρεύω, στοιβάζω»].