- θάπτω
- θάπτωGrammatical 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.Page in Frisk: 1,653-654
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.