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ἐπικήδειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικήδειος

Structure: ἐπικηδει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kh=dos

Sense

  1. of or at a burial, funeral, a dirge, elegy

Examples

  • τοιοῦτόν που πρέπον ἂν εἰή καὶ περὶ τὰσ τοιαύτασ ᾠδὰσ γιγνόμενον, καὶ δὴ καὶ στολή γέ που ταῖσ ἐπικηδείοισ ᾠδαῖσ οὐ στέφανοι πρέποιεν ἂν οὐδ’ ἐπίχρυσοι κόσμοι, πᾶν δὲ τοὐναντίον, ἵν’ ὅτι τάχιστα περὶ αὐτῶν λέγων ἀπαλλάττωμαι. (Plato, Laws, book 7 79:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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