Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τυμβοχόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τυμβοχόος τυμβοχόον

Structure: τυμβοχο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xe/w

Sense

  1. throwing up a cairn or barrow
  2. cairns thrown up

Examples

  • εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτούσ Λήξατε, τυμβοχόοι, ναὶ λήξατε βένθεσι γαίησ κεύθειν τοὺσ φθιμένουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2001)

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

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