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Definition of Epicedium
1. n. An epicede.
Definition of Epicedium
1. Noun. dirge, lament, elegy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epicedium
1. a funeral song [n -DIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicedium
Literary usage of Epicedium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All That's Kentucky: An Anthology by Josiah Henry Combs (1915)
"You must be tired. Share in our feast, Homeric sire; Thanks to the Muse for such
a lyre! epicedium —5. C. Mercer. ..."
2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"Francis Howgill then gave forth a kind of epicedium, which though in prose, yet
was not void of poetical expressions, and was as followeth : 4 Shall days, ..."
3. Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical ...by John Lemprière by John Lemprière (1810)
"... epicedium No N si us, Peter, or N UNES, a mathematician, born in 1497, at
Alcazar in Portugal. He taught mathematics at Coimbra, and was preceptor to ..."
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