epicedeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin epicēdīum, from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον (epikḗdeion), neuter singular form of ἐπικήδειος (epikḗdeios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈɛpɪsiːd/

名詞

epicede (plural epicedes or epicedia)

1. An elegy; an ode to someone deceased.
   • 1875, Algernon Charles Swinburne, 'George Chapman: A Critical Essay‎, page 139:

     "This epicede, longer and more ornate than that issued two years before on Prince Henry, is neither much worse nor much better in substance and in style."

同意語

• elegy, epicedium

アナグラム

• depiece