, a round hill or mound of earth; called also Taph and
[Greek: taphos]; and thence often mistaken for a tomb: but it was
originally a high altar.

By Gib is meant a hill. Gibeon was the hill of the Sun; said to be famous
for its springs. Gibethon is a compound of Gib-Ethon, or Ath-On, titles of
the same Deity. Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, was slain by Baasha, at
Gibethon, of the [361]Philistines.

Har and Hor signify a mountain; [Greek: oros] of the Greeks.

Tin seems to have signified a sacred place, for sacrifice; a kind of high
altar. The Greeks generally expressed it, in composition, [Greek: Tis;]
hence we read of Opheltis, Altis, Baaltis, Abantis, Absyrtis. It was in use
among the antient Hetrurians and other nations: hence came the terms
Aventinus, Palatinus, [362]Numantinus, &c. It seems to be the same as Tan
in the east, which occurs continually in composition, as in Indos-tan,
Mogolis-tan, Pharsis-tan, Chusis-tan.

Tor is a hill or tower. Many places in Greece had it in their composition;
such as Torone, Torete, Toreate: also in Hetruria, Torchonium. Turzon, in
Africa, was a tower of the [363]Sun. It was sometimes expressed Tar; hence
Tarcunia, Taracena, Tarracon in Spain, Tarne (Tar-ain) which gave name to a
fountain in Lydia; Taron (Tar-On) in Mauritania. Towers of old were either
Prutaneia, or light-houses, and were styled Tor-Is: whence came the Turris
of the Romans. Sometimes these terms were reversed, and the tower was
called Astur. Such a one was near some hot streams, at no great distance
from Cicero's Villa. It is thus described by Plutarch: [Greek:
Astura--chorion paralion Kikeronos]. The river, too, was called Astura.
There was also a place of this name opposite to the island Lesbos,
undoubtedly denominated from the like circumstances in its situation; as
may be learned from Pausanias, who had seen it. [Greek: Hudor de apo pegon
anerchomenon melan idon oida en Asturois; tade Astura apantikru esti
Lesbou; loutra esti therma en toi Atarnei kaloumenoi].

Caph, Cap, and Cephas, signify a rock; and also any promontory or headland.
As temples used to be built upon eminences of this sort; we find this word
often compounded with the titles of the Deity there worshipped, as Caph-El,
Caph-El-On, Caph-Aur, Caph-Arez, Caph-Is, Caph-Is-Ain, Caph-Ait; whence
came Cephale, Cephalonia, Caphareus, Capisa, Cephisus, Capissene, Cephene,
Caphyatae, Capatiani. In Iberia was a wonderful edifice upon the river
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