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Definition: Tumulus |
TumulusNoun1. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tumulus" was first used: 1686. (references) |
Etymology: Tumulus \Tu"mu*lus\, noun; plural Tumuli. [Latin expression, mound, sepulchral mound, probably from tumere to swell. Compare to Tumid.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: TumulusSynonyms: barrow (n), burial mound (n), grave mound (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Examples of barrows include Duggleby Howe and Maes Howe.
In Britain, early references to tumuli were made by William Camden, John Aubrey, and William Stukeley. During the 19th Century in England the excavation of tumuli was a popular past time amongst the educated and wealthy middle classes who became known as "barrow-diggers". This leisure activity played a key role in laying the foundations for the scientific study of the prehistoric past in England.
Archaeologists often classify tumuli according to their location, form, and date of construction. Some types are listed below:
Types of barrows
List of notable barrow diggers
References
External links
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tumulus."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interment | Grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate; burning ghat; crematorium, crematory; dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tumulus |
| English words defined with "tumulus": jungle fowl ♦ Tumuli. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tumulus": Tumular, Tumulous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tumulus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Barrow, tumulus), Latin (grave, heap of earth, hillock, mound, tomb, tumulus), Portuguese (tumulus), Romanian (mound). |
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| "Tumulus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tumulus" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "tumulus": Megapodius tumulus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tumulus | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "tumulus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pirg dheu (Hill, molehill, mound), kodër (fell, height, hill, knoll, monticule, rise, tump, whale-back). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حجر بشكل مخروطي فوق القبر, ركام من تراب (barrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гробна могила. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tumulus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tumulus, grafheuvel (barrow, burial mound, grave-mound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | tombomonteto (barrow, burial mound, grave-mound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tumulus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | oberirdischer Erdhaufen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωρόσ (cluster, collection, crop, drift, heap, hoard, mass, pile, shoal, stack, stook), λοφίσκοσ (hillock, hummock, knoll), τύμβοσ (grave, tomb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sírdomb (barrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tumulus, tumulo (Barrow, cairn, mound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 墳丘 (grave mound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふ"きゅう (complication, confusion, disorder, grave mound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tullagh (instant, little height; moment, low hill, mound, second), crongan (hillock, mound, small hill, tuffet), creaghage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umulustay tumulus, túmulo (cell, grave, mound, sepulcher, sepulchre, tomb). (various references) tumul (cairn), movilã (Barrow, heap, hillock, hump, knob, knoll, mound, rising, up). (various references) курган (burial mound, burial-mound, mound), могильный холм (burial-mound). (various references) humka (barrow, hillock, hummock, hump, mound, tor). (various references) túmulo (Barrow, burial mound, mound). (various references) gravhög (Barrow). (various references) höyük (Barrow, burial mound, cairn, motte). (various references) курган (mound). (various references) gwyddfa (grave), crug (abscess, barrow, blister, heap, hillock, multitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cinis, tumulus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 51 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixitque rursus ad Iacob en tumulus hic et lapis quem erexi inter me et te |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And eft he seide to Jacob, Loo! this hillok, and the stoon that I haue rerid bitwixe me and thee, witnes shal be; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Laban sayde moreouer to Iacob: beholde this heape and this marke which I haue sett here betwyxte me and the: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me; |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 51 |
| Cebuano | Miingon pa gayud si Laban kang Jacob: Ania karon, kining mohon, ug ania karon kining haligi nga handumanan nga akong gipatindog sa taliwala kanako ug kanimo. |
| Croatian | Potom Laban reèe Jakovu: "Ovdje je, evo, gomila; ovdje je stup koji sam uspravio izmeðu sebe i tebe: |
| Danish | Og Laban sagde til Jakob: "Se denne Stendysse og se denne Stenstøtte, som jeg har rejst mellem mig og dig! |
| Dutch | Laban zeide voorts tot Jakob: Zie, daar is deze zelfde hoop, en zie, daar is dit opgericht teken, hetwelk ik opgeworpen heb tussen mij en tussen u; |
| Finnish | Ja Laaban sanoi vielä Jaakobille: "Katso, tämä roukkio ja tämä patsas, jonka minä olen pystyttänyt meidän välillemme, minun ja sinun |
| French | Laban dit Jacob: Voici ce monceau, et voici ce monument que j`ai élevé entre moi et toi. |
| German | Und Laban sprach weiter zu Jakob: Siehe, das ist der Haufe, und das ist das Mal, das ich aufgerichtet habe zwischen mir und dir. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Inilah batu-batu yang telah saya timbun, dan ini batu peringatan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan lagi kata Laban kepada Yakub: Lihatlah akan timbunan ini dan akan batu tanda ini, yang kudirikan antara aku dengan dikau; |
| Italian | Soggiunse L bano a Giacobbe: «Ecco questo mucchio ed ecco questa stele, che io ho eretta tra me e te. |
| Maori | I mea ano a Rapana ki a Hakopa, Titiro ki tenei puranga, a titiro hoki ki tenei pou i waiho iho nei e ahau i waenganui i a taua; |
| Norwegian | Så sa Laban til Jakob: Se, denne røs og denne minnesten som jeg har reist mellem mig og dig - |
| Rumanian | Laban a zis lui Iacov: ,,Iatq movila aceasta, wi iatq stklpul acesta, pe care l-am ridicat kntre mine wi tine. |
| Swedish | Och Laban sade ytterligare till Jakob: "Se, detta röse och stoden som jag har rest mellan mig och dig -- |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tumulus": tumuluses. (additional references) | |
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"Tumulus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lucullus, pumilus, tenellus, timolol, trunculus, tuamotus, tumul, tumulo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tumulus" (pronounced 'Tu"mu*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Embolus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, hilus, homunculus, hydrocephalus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-m-s-t-u-u-u" | |
-3 letters: lums, lust, must, muts, slum, slut, smut, stum, sulu, ulus. | |
-4 letters: lum, mus, mut, sum, ulu, uts. | |
-5 letters: mu, um, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-m-s-t-u-u-u" | |
+1 letter: tumulous. | |
+2 letters: tumuluses. | |
+3 letters: tumultuous. | |
+4 letters: altocumulus, musculature, sumptuously. | |
+5 letters: musculatures, tumultuously, ultravacuums. | |
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