1. τύμβος · tymbos — Beekes
mound, burial mound, grave
The corpus record
τύμβος
tumbos
mound, burial mound, grave
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Hecuba 15 · 20.94/10k
- Libation Bearers 6 · 11.16/10k
- Electra 7 · 9.26/10k
- Helen 9 · 9.2/10k
- Trojan Women 5 · 7.06/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 3 · 5.96/10k
- Electra 5 · 5.76/10k
- Antigone 3 · 4.09/10k
- Orestes 4 · 4.08/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
- Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. τύμβος · tymbos — Beekes
2 [m
3. τύμβος · tymbos — Chantraine
origine «tumulus funéraire» (εἴ, Od. 4,584, etc.), d
4. τύμβος · tymbos — Frisk
2
5. τύμβος · tymbos — Frisk
2
6. τύμβος · tymbos — LSJ
sepulchral mound, cairn, barrow
Attestations
- τύμβον · tymbon Iliad 2.604
- τύμβῳ · tymbōi Iliad 2.793
- τύμβῳ · tymbōi Iliad 4.177
- τύμβον · tymbon Iliad 7.336
- τύμβον · tymbon Iliad 7.435
- τύμβῳ · tymbōi Iliad 11.371
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1568-1569; entry #6183 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1163; entry #8174 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1916; entry #5784 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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