— epicedial, epicedian , adj.
/ep'euh see"dee euhm, -si duy"euhm/ , n. , pl. epicedia /-see"dee euh, -si duy"euh/ .
a funeral song; dirge.
[ 1580-90; epikédeion, n. use of neut. of epikédeios of a funeral, equiv. to epi- EPI- + kede- (s. of kêdos care, sorrow) + -ios adj. suffix ]