Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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τᾰρχῡ́ω (tarkhū́ō)

  1. to bury solemnly
    Synonym: θᾰ́πτω (tháptō)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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