Noun: epicede
| Singular | epicede |
| Plural | epicedes; epicedia |
Sample Sentences
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"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." [1875, Algernon Charles Swinburne, 'George Chapman: A Critical Essay, page 139:]
Nouns inflected like epicede
sedile,
simile,
miliarense,
rationale,
facsimile,
mesoeucrocodyle,
epicede,
aquamanile,
mare,
rete,
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīon, from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον (epikḗdeion), neuter singular form of ἐπικήδειος (epikḗdeios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of epicedium.