n. 墓志铭, 碑文

Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, n. [F. ['e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral
oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`
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.''


Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t.
To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]

Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
--G. Harvey.


Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i.
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]

The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . .
``He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.'' --Bp. Hall.