Ep″i‐taph (?), n. [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. �, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; επἴ 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.”