Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Epicede \Ep"i*cede\, n. [L. epicedion, Gr. ? dirge, elegy, fr. ?
   funereal; ? + ? care, sorrow: cf. F. ['e]pic[`e]de.]
   A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] --Donne.