τύμβος,ὁ,
A. sepulchral mound, cairn, barrow,
τῷ κέν οἱ τύμβον μὲν ἐποίησαν Παναχαιοί
Od. 1.239
, cf. Il. 2.604 , 793 , Hdt. 1.45 , etc.;τύμβον χεῦαι(cf.τυμβοχοέω) Od. 4.584 , 12.14 , 24.80 ; χῶσαι
S. Ant. 1203
; στήλῃ κεκλιμένος . . ἐπὶ τύμβῳ
Il. 11.371
.
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 likean old man from thegrave,as old Philocleon says scoffingly to his son, Ar. V. 1370 .
3. tombstonewith the figure of the dead, τ. ξεστός
E. Alc. 836
, cf. AB 309 .
II. metaph.,γέρων τύμβος,