encomium
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From Latin encōmium (“praise, eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkōmion, “laudatory ode, praise”), from ἐγκώμιος (enkōmios, “of or pertaining to the victor”), from κῶμος (kōmos, “festival, revel, ode”).
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encomium (plural encomiums or encomia)
- Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
- 1763, 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. — Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana (1763 tr. of L'Histoire de la Louisiane, 1758) (PG), p. 39
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
- I am, you will agree, mature, and in my earlier days I won no little praise for my skill at hunt-the-slipper. I remember one of the hostesses whose Christmas parties I attended comparing me to a juvenile bloodhound. An extravagant encomium, of course, but that is what she said.
- (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.
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tribute
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category of oratory
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- IPA: /ɑ̃.kɔ.mjɔm/
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encomium m. (plural encomiums)
- An Ancient Greek literary genre of praise.
- (obsolete) Dictionary.
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From Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkōmion, “laudatory ode, praise”).
[edit] Noun
encōmium (genitive encōmiī); n, second declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | encōmium | encōmia |
| genitive | encōmiī | encōmiōrum |
| dative | encōmiō | encōmiīs |
| accusative | encōmium | encōmia |
| ablative | encōmiō | encōmiīs |
| vocative | encōmium | encōmia |
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- English: encomium
