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‖ epicedium|ɛpɪˈsiːdɪəm, -siːˈdaɪəm|
Pl. epicedia, -ums.
[L. epicēdīum, a. Gr. ἐπικήδειον, neut. of ἐπικήδειος pertaining to funeral rites, f. ἐπί upon + κῆδος care, esp. funeral observance.]
A funeral ode.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1375/2 In memorie of whom (but not as an epicedium, nor yet as an epitaph) these verses..may well be vsed. 1690Temple Ess. Heroic Virtue Wks. 1731 I. 214 That Song or Epicedium of Regnor Ladbrog. 1706in Phillips, Epicedium, a Funeral Song, or Copy of Verses in praise of the Dead. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 163 Epithalamiums, epicediums, by which the dream of existence may be..embellished. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. III. iii. v. 276 The epicedia or funeral lamentations. 1882Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads i. 33/1 He..whips off his ‘brother-in-law's’ head, with this epicedium: ‘Lie there, thou head, and bleed’. |