τύμβος
ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → for he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A sepulchral mound, cairn, barrow, τῷ κέν οἱ τύμβον μὲν ἐποίησαν Παναχαιοί Od.1.239, cf. Il.2.604,793, Hdt.1.45, etc.; τύμβον χεῦαι (cf. τυμβοχοέω) Od.4.584, 12.14, 24.80; χῶσαι S.Ant. 1203; στήλῃ κεκλιμένος . . ἐπὶ τύμβῳ Il.11.371. 2 generally, tomb, grave, Pi.O.1.93, A.Ch.92, etc.; θρηνεῖν πρὸς τύμβον, of one who will not hear, ib.926; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τύμβου πεσών like an old man from the grave, as old Philocleon says scoffingly to his son, Ar.V. 1370. 3 tombstone with the figure of the dead, τ. ξεστός E.Alc. 836, cf. AB309. II metaph., γέρων τύμβος, = τυμβογέρων, E. Med.1209, Heracl.167; ὦ τύμβε Ar.Lys.372. [Dat. sg. τυμοι, i.e. τύμῳ [ῡ], in three metr. epitaphs, IG9(1).869,870 (Corc., vi B. C.), prob. in IG12(9).285.10 (Eretria, = Supp.Epigr.1.409).]
