ἐπιτάφιος
ἐπιτᾰ/φ-ιος, ον,(τάφος)
A). over or at a tomb, ἀγὼν ἐ. funeral games, Ath. 58.1 , ; 17.117 ἐπιτάφιον (sc. ἀγῶνα) ἀγωνίσασθαι IG 5(1).660 , Pyrrh. 31 , Eun. 4 ; esp. ἐ. λόγος a funeral oration, such as was spoken at Athens over the citizens who had fallen in battle, Mx. 236b , (pl.); also 20.141 ὁ ἐ. (sc. λόγος) Rh. 1365a31 ; title of work by Gorgias ; applied to Mx. by Comp. 9 ; ἐ. ἔπαινος ; 2.218a ἐ. σοφιστής, of one who makes such speeches, . 3.25
II). ἐπιτάφια, = ἐπιτάφιος ἀγών , IG 22.1006.22 , 12(5).946.16 (Tenos).