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ταφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταφή

Structure: ταφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: qa/ptw

Sense

  1. burial, mode of burial
  2. a burial-place, the urn
  3. payment for burial, a burial-fee

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῶν δὲ ταφῶν ἀνεῖλε τὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν ἅπασαν ὁ Λυκοῦργοσ, ἐν τῇ πόλει θάπτειν τοὺσ νεκροὺσ καὶ πλησίον ἔχειν τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν ἱερῶν συγχωρήσασ. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 181)
  • τῶν δὲ ταφῶν ἀνεῖλε τὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν ἅπασαν ὁ Λυκοῦργοσ, ἐν τῇ πόλει θάπτειν τοὺσ νεκροὺσ καὶ πλησίον ἔχειν τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν ἱερῶν συγχωρήσασ. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 181)
  • ἐκείνων δὲ τῶν ταφῶν οὐ δοκοῦσιν ἕτεραι λαμπρότεραι γενέσθαι τοῖσ τὸ λαμπρὸν οὐκ ἐν ἐλέφαντι καὶ χρυσῷ καὶ πορφύραισ εἶναι νομίζουσιν, ὥσπερ Φίλιστοσ ὑμνῶν καὶ θαυμάζων τὴν Διονυσίου ταφήν, οἱο͂ν τραγῳδίασ μεγάλησ τῆσ τυραννίδοσ ἐξόδιον θεατρικὸν γενομένην. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 34 1:1)
  • Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ πᾶσαν ἀναπετάσαντεσ οἰκίαν καὶ μέχρι τοῦ δωματίου τὴν ἀρχὴν τῶν τιμητῶν προαγαγόντεσ ἁπάντων ἐποίησαν ἐπίσκοπον καὶ φύλακα τῶν ἐν αὐταῖσ γινομένων, οὔτε δεσπότην οἰόμενοι δεῖν ὠμὸν εἶναι περὶ τὰσ τιμωρίασ οἰκετῶν οὔτε πατέρα πικρὸν ἢ μαλθακὸν πέρα τοῦ μετρίου περὶ τέκνων ἀγωγὰσ οὔτε ἄνδρα περὶ κοινωνίαν γαμετῆσ γυναικὸσ ἄδικον οὔτε παῖδασ γηραιῶν ἀπειθεῖσ πατέρων οὔτε ἀδελφοὺσ γνησίουσ τὸ πλεῖον ἀντὶ τοῦ ἴσου διώκοντασ, οὐ συμπόσια καὶ μέθασ παννυχίουσ, οὐκ ἀσελγείασ καὶ φθορὰσ ἡλικιωτῶν νέων, οὐχ ἱερῶν ἢ ταφῶν προγονικὰσ τιμὰσ ἐκλιπούσασ, οὐκ ἄλλο τῶν παρὰ τὸ καθῆκον ἢ συμφέρον τῇ πόλει πραττομένων οὐδέν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 13 6:1)
  • τῶν δὲ ταφῶν τρεῖσ ὑπάρχουσι τάξεισ, ἥ τε πολυτελεστάτη καὶ μέση καὶ ταπεινοτάτη. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 91 2:1)
  • καὶ ἐξένευσεν Ἰωσίασ καὶ εἶδε τοὺσ τάφουσ τοὺσ ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ἀπέστειλε καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐκ τῶν τάφων καὶ κατέκαυσεν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἐμίανεν αὐτὸ κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἑστάναι Ἱεροβοὰμ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον. καὶ ἐπιστρέψασ ᾖρε τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ λαλήσαντοσ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτους (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 23:16)
  • καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἐζεκίασ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν ἀναβάσει τάφων υἱῶν Δαυίδ, καὶ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ πᾶσ Ἰούδα καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Μανασσῆσ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:33)
  • ΕΝ τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, λέγει Κύριοσ, ἐξοίσουσι τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ προφητῶν καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐκ τῶν τάφων αὐτῶν (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 8:1)
  • καὶ γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ἐν τῷ ἀνοῖξαί με τοὺσ τάφουσ ὑμῶν τοῦ ἀναγαγεῖν με ἐκ τῶν τάφων τὸν λαόν μου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 37:13)
  • τρέφονται δὲ ἄρα ταῖσ παρ’ ἡμῖν χοαῖσ καὶ τοῖσ καθαγιζομένοισ ἐπὶ τῶν τάφων· (Lucian, (no name) 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. burial

  2. a burial-place

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

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