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τύμβος , ,
2. generally, tomb, grave, Pi.O.1.93, A.Ch.92, etc.; θρηνεῖν πρὸς τύμβον, of one who will not hear, ib.926; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τύμβου πεσών like an old man from the grave, as old Philocleon says scoffingly to his son, Ar.V. 1370.
3. tombstone with the figure of the dead, “τ. ξεστόςE.Alc. 836, cf. AB309.
II. metaph., γέρων τύμβος, = τυμβογέρων, E. Med.1209, Heracl.167; “ τύμβεAr.Lys.372. [Dat. sg. τυμοι, i.e. τύμῳ [υ_], in three metr. epitaphs, IG9(1).869,870 (Corc., vi B. C.), prob. in IG12(9).285.10 (Eretria, = Supp.Epigr.1.409).]
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