ἐντάφιος

A. of, belonging to or used in burial, κόσμοι D.H. 2.67.

II. as Subst.,

1. ἐντάφιον,τό, shroud, winding-sheet, AP 11.125; ἐ. δὲ τοιοῦτον οὔτ’ εὐρὼς οὔτε . . ἀμαυρώσει χρόνος Simon. 4.4; καλὸν ἐ. ἡ τυραννίς Isoc. 6.45; κάλλιστον ἐ. ἕξουσι τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος θάνατον Plb. 15.10.3; ὁ πλοῦτος δ’ οὐκἐμὸν ἐ. AP 9.294 (Antiphil.).

b. μηδ’ ἐντάφια καταλιπόντι money for funeral expenses, Plu. Arist. 27: later in sg., funeral expenses, PLond. 5.1708.205 (vi A. D.).

2. ἐ. (sc. ἱερά), τά, offerings to the dead, obsequies, S. El. 326, Is. 8.38, Epigr.Gr. 313.13 (Smyrna): Cyren. ἐντόφιον Notiz.Arch. 4.96.