epitaphium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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

I In gen., Inscr. Orell. 1022; 4518.—

II Esp., of the famous oration of Pericles over the fallen Athenians, in Plato's Menexenus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36.