ταρχύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The verb has been compared with τάριχος (tárikhos, mummy), but this leads to formal and semantic problems. Furnée concludes that the verb is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τᾰρχῡ́ω • (tarkhū́ō)

  1. to bury solemnly
    Synonym: θᾰ́πτω (tháptō)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀτᾰ́ρχῡτος (atárkhūtos)

Further reading

  • ταρχύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ταρχύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ταρχύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ταρχύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ταρχύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταρχύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1454
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