epitaph

• n.碑文、墓碑銘

epi-, on, in.-taph, 墓碑銘, 語源的には慰霊碑と同じ.

epitaph

epitaph: [14] Greek táphos meant ‘tomb’, and so an oration that was epitáphios (an adjective formed with the prefix epí- ‘over’) was given ‘over the tomb’. Eventually the adjective was made into a noun, epitáphion, and this reached English via Latin epitaphium and Old French epitaphe.

epitaph (n.)

"inscription on a tomb or monument," mid-14c., from Old French epitaphe (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin epitaphium "funeral oration, eulogy," from Greek epitaphion "a funeral oration," noun use of neuter of epitaphios (logos) "(words) spoken on the occasion of a funeral," from epi "at, over" (see epi-) + taphos "tomb, funeral rites," from PIE root *dhembh- "to bury." Related: Epitaphial. Among the Old English equivalents was byrgelsleoe.

1. As Wren 's epitaph famously declares，the cathedral itself is his monument.

周知のように、レインの墓碑銘には、大聖堂自体が彼の記念碑だと書かれている。

2.These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960 s.

これらのスラムは1960年代の住宅政策の遺跡である。

3.He wanted these lines as his epitaph .

彼はこれらの文字を墓碑銘にしたいと思っている。

4.She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet.

詩人のために完璧な弔辞を書いた。

5.His epitaph should be：He did us good.

彼の墓碑銘は、彼が私たちのために良いことをしてくれたということだ。