ἐπιτᾰ́φ-ιος,ον, (τάφος)
A. overorat a tomb, ἀγὼν ἐ. funeralgames, 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 funeraloration, such as was spoken at Athens over the citizens who had fallen in battle, Pl. Mx. 236b , D. 20.141 (pl.) ; alsoὁ ἐ.(sc.λόγος) Arist. Rh. 1365a31 ; title of work by Gorgias ; applied to Pl. Mx. by D.H. Comp. 9 ; ἐ. ἔπαινος
Plu. 2.218a
;ἐ. σοφιστής,of onewho makes such speeches,
Ach.Tat. 3.25 .
II. ἐπιτάφια,τά,
= ἐπιτάφιος ἀγών , IG 22.1006.22 , 12(5).946.16 (Tenos).