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περιτύμβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιτύμβιος περιτύμβιον

Structure: περιτυμβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tu/mbos

Sense

  1. round or at the grave

Examples

  • εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ ξείνησ σε, Λεόντιε, γαῖα καλύπτει, εἰ καὶ ἐρικλαύτων τῆλ’ ἔθανεσ γονέων, πολλά σοι ἐκ βλεφάρων ἐχύθη περιτύμβια φωτῶν δάκρυα, δυστλήτῳ πένθεϊ δαπτομένων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5601)

Synonyms

  1. round or at the grave

Similar forms

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

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