Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιτύμβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιτύμβιος ἐπιτύμβιον

Structure: ἐπιτυμβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = e)pitumbi/dios, Aesch., Soph.

Sense

Examples

  • τίσ δ’ ἐπιτύμβιον αἶνον ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ θείῳ σὺν δακρύοισ ἰάπτων ἀληθείᾳ φρενῶν πονήσει; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, ephymn 35)
  • ἐπιτύμβιον ἐν Νικαίᾳ πλησίον τῆσ λίμνησ ἐν τῷ ὀβελίσκῳ Αὔχησον, Νίκαια, τὸν οὐρανομάκεα τύμβον, καὶ τὰν ἀελίῳ γείτονα πυραμίδα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 41)
  • οἱ Βένετοι Πρασίνοισιν ἐναντίοι αἰὲν ἐόντεσ εἰσ ἕν’ ὁμοφροσύνησ ἐξεβόησαν ὁρ́ον, ὥστε σε, Κωνσταντῖνε, λαβεῖν ἐπιτύμβιον εὖχοσ, πᾶσιν ἀειδόμενον, πᾶσιν ἀρεσκόμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3681)
  • οἰόσ, ἀμολγαῖον μαστὸν ἀνασχόμενοσ, κρηπῖδ’ ὑγραίνων ἐπιτύμβιον εἰσὶ θανόντων εἰσὶν ἀμοιβαῖαι κἀν φθιμένοισ χάριτεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 657 2:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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