epitaphium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “over a tomb, at a funeral”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “burial, tomb, grave, funeral”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.piˈta.pʰi.um/, [ɛpɪˈt̪äpʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.piˈta.fi.um/, [epiˈt̪äːfium]
Noun edit
epitaphium n (genitive epitaphiī or epitaphī); second declension
- (Late Latin) eulogy; funeral oration
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | epitaphium | epitaphia |
| Genitive | epitaphiī epitaphī1 |
epitaphiōrum |
| Dative | epitaphiō | epitaphiīs |
| Accusative | epitaphium | epitaphia |
| Ablative | epitaphiō | epitaphiīs |
| Vocative | epitaphium | epitaphia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
References edit
- “epitaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- epitaphium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- epitaphium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “epitaphium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “epitaphium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin