ταφικόν

ταφ-ικόν, τό,

A burial-money, PEnteux.20.5, 21.8 (iii B.C.), IG22.1323.11 (iii/ii B.C.), Ostr.Bodl. i 134 (pl., ii B.C.), BGU1668.14 (i A.D.).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `bury' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. θάψαι, pass. ταφῆναι, also - θῆναι, perf. pass. τέθαμμαι,

Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. ἐν-, συν-, κατα-,

Derivatives: τάφος m. `burying, tomb' (Il.), ταφή `id.' (IA); from there thee hypostases ἐν-, ἐπι-τάφιος `belonging to the burial' with ἐνταφιάζω, ἐνταφιαστής (LXX, pap.); ἐπιταφέω `attend a burial' (inscr.); ταφήϊος `belonging to a burial' (Od.), ταφεύς `grave-digger' (S.; s. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 41), ταφ(ε)ών `(place) of a tomb ' (inscr.), ταφικόν `burial costs' (pap.). - τάφρος f. (on the genus Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 1) `ditch (for fortification etc.)' (Il.) with ταφρεύω `make a ditch' (Att.), from which ταφρ-εία, τάφρ-ευμα, - ευσις, - ευτής; rare τάφρη `id.' (Ion.). - Uncertain θάπτ\<ρ\> α μνῆμα (cod. μυῖα). Κρῆτες H.; s. Latte Glotta 34, 196f.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [248] * dʰembʰ- `dig'

Etymology: With the generalized zero grade θαπ-, ταφ- \< *θαφ- agrees Arm. damb-an `tomb', if one starts from IE dhm̥bh- (but the words are not old, s. Clackson, Relationship Arm. Greek, 1994, 120f.); the full grade * dʰembʰ- would have been eliminated in both languages. ( τάφ-ρ-ος: damb-an does not allow to posit an r-n-stem. - Lidén Armen. Stud. 41f. with criticism of older views. - The word could well be a loan: IE origin is uncertain.

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