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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπιτάφιος ἐπιτάφιον
Genitive ἐπιταφίου ἐπιταφίου
Dative ἐπιταφίῳ ἐπιταφίῳ
Accusative ἐπιτάφιον ἐπιτάφιον
Vocative ἐπιτάφιε ἐπιτάφιον
DualN/A/V ἐπιταφίω ἐπιταφίω
G/D ἐπιταφίοιν ἐπιταφίοιν
PluralNominative 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

  • ὁ δὲ δὴ περιβόητοσ ἐπιτάφιοσ, ὃν ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ βύβλῳ διελήλυθε, κατὰ τίνα δή ποτε λογισμὸν ἐν τούτῳ κεῖται τῷ τόπῳ μᾶλλον ἢ οὐκ ἐν ἑτέρῳ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 181)
  • ὧν ἐστιν ὅ τε φορτικὸσ καὶ κενὸσ καὶ παιδαριώδησ ἐπιτάφιοσ καὶ τὸ τοῦ σοφιστικοῦ λήρου μεστὸν ἐγκώμιον εἰσ Παυσανίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 44 1:2)
  • Λεωσθένουσ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τελευτὴ καὶ ἐπιτάφιοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter pr17)
  • Μενέξενοσ ἢ ἐπιτάφιοσ, ἠθικόσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 59:3)
  • εἰ δέ τισ τῇ Πλάτωνοσ δόξῃ περὶ πάντων ἰσχυρίζοιτο, καὶ φάσκοι μὲν ζῆν Σωκράτη, ὅτε ὁ τῶν ἐν Κορίνθῳ καὶ Λεχαίῳ τετελευτηκότων ἐλέγετο ἐπιτάφιοσ, πίνειν δ’ ἐν Ἀγάθωνοσ μετὰ τὴν εἰρήνην, λύζειν δ’ Ἀριστοφάνη ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ, κωμάζειν δὲ Ἀλκιβιάδην, μειράκια δ’ εἶναι τηνικαῦτα Ἀγάθωνα καὶ Ἀλκιβιάδην, ὁμοῦ δ’ εἶναι πάντα χρήματα, πῶσ οὐχὶ ληρήσει μὴ προσεξετάζων, εἴ τι καὶ κατ’ ἐξουσίαν ἁνὴρ λέγοι, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ παῖσ ἔμβραχυ τοῦτ’ ἀρκεῖν ὑπολαμβάνων ὅ τι φαίη Πλάτων; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 172:10)

Synonyms

  1. over a tomb

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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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