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ἐπιτύμβιος

ἐπιτύμβιος, at the grave, on the grave

ἐπιτύμβ-ιος, ον (also α, ον Plu. (v. infr.)),
  • Α= foreg. [ἐπιτυμβίδιος] I,αἶνος, θρῆνος, A. Ag. 1547 (lyr.), Ch. 335 (lyr.); εὖχος APl. 16.368; χοαί S. Ant. 901; σῆμα Epigr.Gr. 339.1 (Cyzicus); κρηπίς AP 7.657.11 (Leon.), cf. Hld. 4.8; Ἀφροδίτη ἐπιτυμβία, = Lat. Venus Libitina, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.269b; θεοὶ ἐ. Tab.Defix. 99.9.
    • II of an old woman ‘with one foot in the grave’, Alciphr. 3.62.

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