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τυμβοχόος

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Menander, Monostichoi, 358
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Transliteration A: tymbochóos Transliteration B: tymbochoos Transliteration C: tymvochoos Beta Code: tumboxo/os

English (LSJ)

ον, (χέω)

   A throwing up a cairn or barrow: τ. χειρώματα burial-cairns thrown up by work of hand, A.Th.1027.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τυμβοχόος: -ον, (χέω), ὁ χέων χῶμα ἐπὶ νεκροῦ καὶ οὕτω κατασκευάζων τύμβον, νεκροθάπτης, Ἀνθ. Π. 8. 200· τ. χειρώματα, τύμβοι διὰ χειρῶν ἐγηγερμένοι, Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 1022· ἴδε Blomf. ἐν τόπῳ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui verse des libations sur un tombeau.
Étymologie: τύμβος, χέω.