encomium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin encōmium (“praise, eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion, “laudatory ode, praise”), from ἐγκώμιος (enkṓmios, “of or pertaining to the victor”), from κῶμος (kômos, “festival, revel, ode”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/, /ɪnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/ === Noun === encomium (plural encomiums or encomia) Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute. 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, The History of Louisiana: Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing a Description of the Countries that Lye on both Sides of the River Missisipi [sic]: With an Account of the Settlements [...] Translated from the French [...] by M. Le Page du Pratz; with some Notes and Observations [...] In two volumes. [...], London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, OCLC 181837275 (English translation of Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays, sa description géographique, un voyage dans les terres, l'histoire naturelle, les mœurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines : deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud : ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce, Paris : Chez de Bure, l'aîné [...], la veuve Delaguette [...], Lambert [...], 1758, OCLC 1651361), page 39: I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums. (rhetoric) A general category of oratory. (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series. (literature) A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === meconium == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɔ.mjɔm/ === Noun === encomium m (plural encomiums) an Ancient Greek literary genre of praise (obsolete) dictionary ==== Synonyms ==== dictionnaire == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion, “laudatory ode, praise”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛŋˈkoː.mi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eŋˈkɔː.mi.um] === Noun === encōmium n (genitive encōmiī or encōmī); second declension Praise, eulogy. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== encōmiographus Mōriae Encōmium (“Praise of Folly”) ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: encomi → English: encomium → French: encomium → Italian: encomio → Portuguese: encômio, encómio → Romanian: encomiu → Spanish: encomio === References === “encomium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “encomium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.