Definitions for: Epitaph

[n] an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
[n] a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person

Webster (1913) Definition: Ep"i*taph, n. [F. ['e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral
oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`
upon + ? tomb. Cf. Cenotaph.]
1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or
commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral
inscription.

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak.

2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a
monument, as that concerning Alexander: ``Sufficit huic
tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.''

Ep"i*taph, v. t.
To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]

Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
--G. Harvey.

Ep"i*taph, v. i.
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]

The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . .
``He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.'' --Bp. Hall.

See Also: commemoration, inscription, lettering, memorial, remembrance

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