tumulusn.

/ˈtjuːmjʊləs/

Forms: Plural tumuli /-laɪ/.

Etymology: Derivative (? diminutive) from root tum- of tumēre to swell, tumor, etc.

An ancient sepulchral mound, a barrow (barrow n.¹ 3).

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loweOE

barrowc1000

motea1522

burial-hillc1600

law1607

mound1635

tumulus1686

tor1794

burial-mound1854

grave-mound1859

grave1863

how1947

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiv. xlv A downe [is] lower þan an hille..and hatte tumulus, as it were swelling londe.]

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 403 Not the only signe of Roman tumuli.

1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 7 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) A middling sized Indian tumulus.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 393 The tumuli, and the other repositories of the dead,..discovered in the..deserts of the north.

1853 C. C. Felton Familiar Lett. (1865) xxx. 264 Leonidas and his Three Hundred..lie beneath yonder tumulus.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 15 Tumuli of the stone period.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tumulus
释义	tumulusn. /ˈtjuːmjʊləs/ Forms: Plural tumuli /-laɪ/. Etymology: Derivative (? diminutive) from root tum- of tumēre to swell, tumor, etc. An ancient sepulchral mound, a barrow (barrow n.¹ 3). ΘΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > mound loweOE barrowc1000 motea1522 burial-hillc1600 law1607 mound1635 tumulus1686 tor1794 burial-mound1854 grave-mound1859 grave1863 how1947 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiv. xlv A downe [is] lower þan an hille..and hatte tumulus, as it were swelling londe.] 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 403 Not the only signe of Roman tumuli. 1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 7 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) A middling sized Indian tumulus. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 393 The tumuli, and the other repositories of the dead,..discovered in the..deserts of the north. 1853 C. C. Felton Familiar Lett. (1865) xxx. 264 Leonidas and his Three Hundred..lie beneath yonder tumulus. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 15 Tumuli of the stone period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1686
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