panegyricus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós).

Pronunciation

Noun

panēgyricus m (genitive panēgyricī); second declension

  1. eulogy, panegyric
  2. (specifically) the festival oration of Isocrates, in which he eulogized the Athenians

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Adjective

panēgyricus (feminine panēgyrica, neuter panēgyricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to a public assembly, festival
  2. praising, laudatory, eulogistic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • panegyricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • panegyricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • panegyricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.