Ep`i*thu*met"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to long for, lust after; 'epi` + qymo`s soul, heart, desire.] Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.
Ep`i*tith"i*des (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to place upon. See Epithet.] (Arch.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
E*pit"o*ma`tor (?), n. [LL.] An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton.
E*pit"o*me (?), n.; pl. Epitomes (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. &?; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. See Tome.] 1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book.
Sydney Smith.