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ἐπιτάφιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιτάφιος ἐπιτάφιον

Structure: ἐπιταφι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ta/fos

Sense

over a tomb, a funeral oration

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐπιτάφιος	ἐπιτάφιον
	Genitive	ἐπιταφίου	ἐπιταφίου
	Dative	ἐπιταφίῳ	ἐπιταφίῳ
	Accusative	ἐπιτάφιον	ἐπιτάφιον
	Vocative	ἐπιτάφιε	ἐπιτάφιον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐπιταφίω	ἐπιταφίω
Dual	G/D	ἐπιταφίοιν	ἐπιταφίοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἐπιτάφιοι	ἐπιτάφια
	Genitive	ἐπιταφίων	ἐπιταφίων
	Dative	ἐπιταφίοις	ἐπιταφίοις
	Accusative	ἐπιταφίους	ἐπιτάφια
	Vocative	ἐπιτάφιοι	ἐπιτάφια

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐπιτάφιος ἐπιταφίου	ἐπιταφιώτερος ἐπιταφιωτέρου	ἐπιταφιώτατος ἐπιταφιωτάτου
Adverb	ἐπιταφίως	ἐπιταφιώτερον	ἐπιταφιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

καίτοι καὶ ἀγῶνασ ἔνιοι διέθεσαν καὶ λόγουσ ἐπιταφίουσ εἶπον ἐπὶ τῶν μνημάτων ὥσπερ συναγορεύοντεσ ἢ μαρτυροῦντεσ παρὰ τοῖσ κάτω δικασταῖσ τῷ νεκρῷ. (Lucian, (no name) 21:1)
ἄλλοι δὲ Διόφαντον τὸν ῥήτορα ἐπαινοῦσιν ἐν Σικυῶνι ἐπιταφίουσ λόγουσ διεξιόντα ἐπὶ Κράτωνι τούτῳ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 24:2)
τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ γυναιξὶ πρεσβυτέραισ λόγουσ ἐπιταφίουσ διεξιέναι πάτριον ἦν Ῥωμαίοισ, νέαισ δὲ οὐκ ὂν ἐν ἔθει πρῶτοσ εἶπε Καῖσαρ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ γυναικὸσ ἀποθανούσησ· (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 5 2:2)
ἐπὶ πλέον δὲ τῷ γένει τούτῳ καὶ Ῥωμαῖοι κέχρηνται, Διαδήματόν τινα τῶν Μετέλλων καλέσαντεσ, ὅτι πολὺν χρόνον ἕλκοσ ἔχων περιενόστει διαδεδεμένοσ τὸ μέτωπον, ἕτερον δὲ Κέλερα σπεύσαντα μεθ’ ἡμέρασ ὀλίγασ τῆσ τοῦ πατρὸσ τελευτῆσ ἐπιταφίουσ μονομάχων ἀγῶνασ παρασχεῖν, τὸ τάχοσ καὶ τὴν ὀξύτητα τῆσ παρασκευῆσ θαυμάσαντεσ. (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 11 3:2)
"καὶ μέλανα ἱμάτια καὶ δημοσίασ ἐκφορὰσ καὶ λόγουσ ἐπιταφίουσ, εἰ μέλλομεν ἐλεύθεροι βιώσεσθαι καὶ μὴ ποιήσειν τὸ προσταττόμενον Μακεδόσι. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 2:2)

Synonyms

over a tomb
- ἐπιτυμβίδιος (at or over a tomb)

Ὀλυμπικός (of Olympus)
θυμελικός (for the thymele)
δημηγορικός (of or for public speaking)
κενοτάφιον (an empty tomb)
ἀδέσποτος (without master or owner)
ἐγκώμιος (in or of the same village)
Κάρνεια (a festival held in honour of Apollo)
προπηλακίζω (to bespatter with mud or to trample in the mire)
Παναθηναϊκός (of or at the Panathenaea)
πεφροντισμένως (carefully)
Διονυσιακός (belonging to Dionysus)
γυμνικός (of or for gymnastic exercises)
στεφανίτης (of a crown)
γρῦλος (a pig)
Πλαταιᾶσι (at Plataeae)
πυκτεύω (to practise boxing)
Ὀλυμπίασι (at Olympia)
Φοινικικός (Phoenician)
τυραννοκτονία (the slaying of a tyrant)
λυσιῳδός (one who played women's characters in male attire)
Σωκρατικός (Socratic)
πανηγυρικός (fit for a public festival)
σεμνύνω (to exalt)
ἀγώνισμα (a contest)
ἡρωικός (of or for a hero)
τηρητέος (one must watch)
ἀριστεῖα (excellence)
ἀναγιγνώσκω ()
ἀνάγνωσις (recognition)
παρακλητικός (hortatory)

Similar forms

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

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Sense

Declension

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over a tomb

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