ἐπικήδειος
α, ον, τό
A.
of or at a burial, funeral, ᾠδά E. Tr. 514 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Lg. 800e (pl.); πόνοι E. Alc. in Gött.Nachr. 1922.9; μοῦσα Ael. NA 5.34; λόγοι D.H. Rh. 6.1; ἐ.,τό, dirge, elegy, Plu. Pel. 1, al. (sung before burial, opp. ἐπιτάφιον, Serv.ad Virg.Ecl. 5.14; opp. θρῆνος, Ptol. Ascal.p.404 H.).