θάπτω

thapto

honour with funeral rites

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21323
Book 23 2
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2371
23630
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

24612
24665
Odyssey 4
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3285
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

1152
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1212
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24417

Dictionary (LSJ)

θάπτω, fut. θάψω Is. 8.21:—Pass., fut. τᾰφήσομαι E. Alc. 632, Lys. 13.45, also τεθάψομαι S. Aj. 577, 1141, E. IT 1464: aor. 1 ἐθάφθην Simon. 167 (cj.), Hdt. 2.81,7.228; more freq.aor. 2 ἐτάφην [ᾰ] Id. 3.10, 55, and always in Att., as Ar. Pl. 556; part. ἐν-θαφείς CIG 2839 (Aphrodisias): pf. τέθαμμαι, Ion.3pl. τετάφαται v.l. τεθάφαται Hdt. 6.103; imper. τεθάφθω Luc. DMar. 9.1; inf. τεθάφθαι A. Ch. 366 (lyr., prob.l.), Lycurg. 113: plpf. Pass. ἐτέθαπτο Od. 11.52, Hdt. 1.113:—A. honour with funeral rites, ὅτε μιν θάπτωσιν Ἀχαιοί Il. 21.323, cf. Hes. Sc. 472; esp. by burial, οὐ γάρ πω ἐτέθαπτο ὑπὸ χθονός Od. 11.52 (but freq. used later with ref. to cremation, D.S. 3.55, App. Hann. 35, Philostr. Her. 10.11, etc.; πυρὶ θάπτειν Plu. 2.286f, Philostr. VS 2.20.3); θάπτειν . . γῆς φίλαις κατασκαφαῖς A. Th. 1013, cf. E. Supp. 545 (Pass.); θ. ἐς χῶρον Hdt. 2.41; οὗ ἐβούλοντο Th. 8.84; θ. ἐξ οἰκίας to carry out to burial from a house, Is. 8.21; καταλείψει μηδὲ ταφῆναι not even his burial expenses, Ar. Pl. 556; τῷ δʼ εἶναι μηδὲ ταφῆναι Id. Ec. 592.

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