Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιτάφιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιτάφιος ἐπιτάφιον

Structure: ἐπιταφι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ta/fos

Sense

  1. over a tomb, a funeral oration

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δ’ αὐτῷ καί τέχναι ῥητορικαὶ πεποιημέναι καὶ δημηγορίαι, Ἐπιστολαί τε καὶ ἐγκώμια, καὶ ἐπιτάφιοι καὶ Ἐρωτικοὶ καὶ Σωκράτουσ Ἀπολογία ἐστοχασμένη τῶν δικαστῶν. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 16:2)

Synonyms

  1. over a tomb

Related

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

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