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Epi-dcl'mis, s. from E7I"1, epi, upon, and oepJ'(I., ([erma,
the skin. The scarfor outer thin skin.
Epi-gram, s. See GRAM>IA, p. 9.
Epi-logue, s. See LOGos, p. 13.
Epi-phany, s. from Em, epi, upon, and epCUVCIJ, plzaino, I
appear. . The commemoration of our Saviour's mani.
festation to the world by the blazing star, which conducted
the magi to the place where he was.
Epi-scopal, ae[j. See SKOPEO, p. 27.
Epi.stle, s. See STELLO, p. 29.
Epi-s-ode, s. See AEIDO, p. 1.
Epi-taph, s. frOlu E7rI, cpi, upon, and "aepo;, taph'6s, a
tomb. An inscription on a tomb. The French
have a proverb, ]'fenti>' eamme une epitaph; " To lie
like an epitaph;" in allu·sion to the eulogics ordi.
narily contained therein, which are not always rigidly
just.
Epi-thalamium, s. frOIn em, C!pi, upon, and ~aA.ap.os,
thalamus, a marriage bed. A nuptial song.
Epi.thet, s. from ~7I"l, IIpi, upon, and 'newu, titleemi, I'
place. A word denoting any quality, good or bad,
in the person or thing to which it is applied. In the
phrase " Alexander the Great," great is nn epithet,
inasmuch as it designatcsAIcxander in distinction from
all other persons; it is an adjective, as it expresses a
quality in distinction from the noun. Thus the same
word is an cpU/let, as it qualifies the sense; it is an
ndjective as it is a part of speech.
Epoch, or Epocha, s. from .T'OX'l), IIp~che, signifies a
resting.place, bnt appliecl to n time from which some
dates nre numbered, nnd to a period of time dis.
tinguished by SOlnc remarkable c\'cnt or cvent~.
" The grand rebellion is an epaella in the Hi"tor)" of
England."
El'0ode, s. See ODE, p. I.
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