Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cenotaphium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CENOTAPH'IUM (κενοτάφιον). A cenotaph, or honorary tomb erected in memory of a person whose body could not be found, or whose ashes had been deposited elsewhere (Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 63.); hence also called tumulus honorarius (Suet. Claud. 1.), and inanis (Virg. Aen. iii. 303.), because it was erected merely out of compliment to the deceased, and did not contain any of his remains.