τάφος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.pʰos/ → /ˈta.ɸos/ → /ˈta.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.fos/

Etymology 1

From θάπτω (tháptō, “I bury”).

Noun

τᾰ́φος • (táphos) m (genitive τᾰ́φου); second declension

1. funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake
2. tomb, grave

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τᾰ́φος; τοῦ τᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τᾰ́φος ho táphos	τὼ τᾰ́φω tṑ táphō	οἱ τᾰ́φοι hoi táphoi
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́φου toû táphou	τοῖν τᾰ́φοιν toîn táphoin	τῶν τᾰ́φων tôn táphōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́φῳ tôi táphōi	τοῖν τᾰ́φοιν toîn táphoin	τοῖς τᾰ́φοις toîs táphois
Accusative	τὸν τᾰ́φον tòn táphon	τὼ τᾰ́φω tṑ táphō	τοὺς τᾰ́φους toùs táphous
Vocative	τᾰ́φε táphe	τᾰ́φω táphō	τᾰ́φοι táphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Related to θάμβος (thámbos, “amazement”) and τέθηπα (téthēpa, “I am amazed, astounded”).

Noun

τᾰ́φος • (táphos) n (genitive τᾰ́φους or τᾰ́φεος); third declension

1. astonishment, amazement

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τᾰ́φος; τοῦ τᾰ́φους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τᾰ́φος tò táphos	τὼ τᾰ́φει tṑ táphei	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́φη tà táphē
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́φους toû táphous	τοῖν τᾰφοῖν toîn taphoîn	τῶν τᾰφῶν tôn taphôn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́φει tôi táphei	τοῖν τᾰφοῖν toîn taphoîn	τοῖς τᾰ́φεσῐ / τᾰ́φεσῐν toîs táphesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τᾰ́φος tò táphos	τὼ τᾰ́φει tṑ táphei	τᾰ̀ τᾰ́φη tà táphē
Vocative	τᾰ́φος táphos	τᾰ́φει táphei	τᾰ́φη táphē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τάφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τάφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• τάφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τάφος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5028 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • barrow idem, page 64.
  • burial idem, page 104.
  • burial-place idem, page 104.
  • entombment idem, page 278.
  • funeral idem, page 349.
  • grave idem, page 371.
  • interment idem, page 451.
  • mound idem, page 543.
  • obsequies idem, page 566.
  • sepulchre idem, page 754.
  • sepulture idem, page 754.
  • tomb idem, page 880.

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”).

Noun

τάφος • (táfos) m (plural τάφοι)

1. grave, tomb

Declension

Declension of τάφος

	singular	plural
nominative	τάφος •	τάφοι •
genitive	τάφου •	τάφων •
accusative	τάφο •	τάφους •
vocative	τάφε •	τάφοι •

Related terms

• ταφή f (tafí, “burial”)
• ταφόπετρα f (tafópetra, “gravestone”)
• ταφόπλακα f (tafóplaka, “gravestone”)