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† ĕpĭtăphĭum, ii, n., = ἐπιτάφιον, or epitaphius, m., = ἐπιτάφιος λόγος, a funeral oration, eulogy.

  1. I. In gen., Inscr. Drell. 1022; 4518.
  2. II. Esp., of the famous oration of Pericles over the fallen Athenians, in Plato’s Menexenus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36.