rare. [ad. Gr. κηποτάφιον, f. κῆπος garden + τάφος tomb.] (See quot.)
1846. C. Maitland, Ch. in Catacombs, iii. 67. The word cepotaph is derived from the Greek κηποτάφιον, a tomb in a garden. As the cinerary urns occupied but little space … the ashes of the dead were generally deposited in the garden or courtyard of the house.
