Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - epitaph
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(epitaphs) An epitaph is a short piece of writing about someone who is dead, often carved on their grave. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~ium, from Latin, funeral oration, from Greek ~ion, from epi- + taphos tomb, funeral Date: 14th century 1. an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there 2. a brief statement commemorating or epitomizing a deceased person or something past • ~ial adjective • ~ic adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. words written in memory of a person who has died, esp. as a tomb inscription. Etymology: ME f. OF epitaphe f. L epitaphium f. Gk epitaphion funeral oration (as EPI-, taphos tomb) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. эпитафия, надгробная надпись 2. редк. краткий некролог 3. редк. писать в эпитафии, некрологе he was epitaphed a great man —- в эпитафии его назвали великим человеком ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. epitaphe, from L. epitaphium "funeral oration, eulogy," from Gk. epitaphion, neut. of epitaphos "of a funeral," from epi- "at, over" + taphos "tomb, funeral rites." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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