ἐπιτάφιος

ἐπιτᾰφ-ιος, ον, (τάφος)

• over or at a tomb, ἀγὼν ἐ. funeral games, Arist. Ath. 58.1, D.S. 17.117; ἐπιτάφιον (sc. ἀγῶνα) ἀγωνίσασθαι IG 5(1).660, Plu. Pyrrh. 31, Luc. Eun. 4; esp. ἐ. λόγος a funeral oration, such as was spoken at Athens over the citizens who had fallen in battle, Pl. Mx. 236b, D. 20.141 (pl.); also ὁ ἐ. (sc. λόγος) Arist. Rh. 1365a31; title of work by Gorgias; applied to Pl. Mx. by D.H. Comp. 9; ἐ. ἔπαινος Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.218a; ἐ. σοφιστής, of one who makes such speeches, Ach.Tat. 3.25.
• • II ἐπιτάφια, τά, = ἐπιτάφιος ἀγών, IG 2(2).1006.22, 12(5).946.16 (Tenos).

ἐπιτάφιος, zum Grabe, zum Begräbnis gehörig, λόγος, Leichenrede, Plat. Menex. 236b ; Dem. 20.141 ; auch ohne λόγος, z.B. ἐπιτάφιον εἶπε Luc. hist.conscr. 26 ; a.Sp.; ἀγών DS. 17.117, wie Plut. Herod.malign. 32 ; ohne ἀγών, ἐπιτάφιον ἀγωνίσασθαι, Leichenspiele anstellen, Luc. eun. 4 ; Paus. 1.28.7.

ἐπιτάφιος ἐπι-τάφιος (ᾰ), ον τάφος

• over a tomb, λόγος ἐπ. a funeral oration, spoken over citizens who had fallen in battle, such as that of Pericles in Thuc.