ταφ-ή,ἡ, (v.θάπτω)
A. burial,ταφῆς τυχεῖν, κυρῆσαι, Hdt. 1.24 , 112 : in pl.,mode of burial, Id. 2.85 , 5.8 : pl. also of theburialsof those who had fallen in battle, δημοσίᾳ ταφὰς ἐποιήσαντο
Th. 2.34
;νόμοι . . , οἷς ἐχρῶντο περὶ τὰς ταφάςib. 52 , cf. OGI 90.32 (Rosetta,ii B.C.).
2. pl. also,burial-place, Hdt. 4.71 , 5.63 , S. Aj. 1090 , 1109 : later in sg., Sammelb. 6028.2 , al.(i B.C.): butσῆς εἰ στερήσομαι ταφῆς, of theurnsupposed to contain the ashes of Orestes, S. El. 1210 ; so in Egypt,mummy,
POxy. 736.13
(i A.D.), Wilcken Chr. 499
(ii/iii A.D.), etc.; also,sarcophagus,δευτέρα τ., of a double sarcophagus, PGiss. 68.7
(ii A.D.), Arch.Pap. 4.133
(ii A.D.).
3. payment for burial, burial-fee, τὸν τὴν τ. τοῦ πατ ρὸς οὐκ ἀπειληφότα
D. 25.58
; ἐνδεεῖς γενόμενοι εἰς τὴν τ. τὴν Φιλίππου