ἐπι·τάφιος, ος, ον [ᾰ] qui se célèbre sur un tombeau ; ἀγὼν ἐπ. DS. 17, 117 ; PLUT. M. 866 b ; ou simpl. ἐπιτάφιος, PLUT. Pyrrh. 31 ; LUC. Eun. 4 ; JOS. A.J. 17, 6, 5, jeux funèbres ; ἐπ. λόγος, PLAT. Menex. 236 b ; DÉM. 499 fin ; PLUT. M. 187 e ; LUC. Luct. 23 ; ou simpl. ἐπιτάφιος, LUC. H. conscr. 26 ; ou ἐπ. ἔπαινος, PLUT. M. 218 a, oraison ou éloge funèbre ; ἐπ. σοφιστής, A. TAT. 3, 25, sophiste compositeur d’éloges funèbres.

Étym. ἐπί, τάφος.

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. 2.218a ; ἐ. σοφιστής, of one who makes such speeches, Ach.Tat. 3.25. ἐπιτάφια, τά, = ἐπιτάφιος ἀγών, IG2². 1006.22, 12(5).946.16 (Tenos).

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.