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laudātĭo, ōnis, f. [laudo], a praising, praise, commendation; a eulogy, panegyric.
- I. In gen.: quam lauream cum tua laudatione conferrem? with your eulogy, i. e. that pronounced by you, Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1: felicitatem ipsam deorum immortalium judicio tribui laudationis est, id. de Or. 2, 85, 347: quae quidem laudatio hominis turpissimi mihi ipsi erat paene turpis, id. Pis. 29, 72: in omnibus laudationibus, Quint. 11, 3, 153.
With object.-gen.: laudationes eorum, qui sunt ab Homero laudati, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 116: legis, Quint. 7, 1, 47: laudationes modulatae, songs of praise, Suet. Ner. 20.
- II. In partic.
- A. In a court of justice, a favorable testimony to a person’s character, a eulogy, panegyric: lectissimos viros cum legatione ad hoc judicium, et cum gravissima atque ornatissima laudatione miserunt, Cic. Cael. 2, 5; id. Fl. 15, 36; id. Font. 2, 4: judicialis, Suet. Aug. 56.
- B. A funeral oration, eulogy: funebris, Cic. Mil. 13, 33; Quint. 3, 7, 2: est in manibus laudatio, quam cum legimus, etc., Cic. de Sen. 4, 12: nonnullae mortuorum laudationes, id. Brut. 16, 61.
With object.-gen.: matronarum, Liv. 5, 50.
laudātīvus, a, um, adj. [laudo], in rhet. lang. of Quintilian,
- I. of or relating to praise, laudatory: est unum genus, quo laus et vituperatio continetur, sed est appellatum a meliore parte laudativum: idem alii demonstrativum vocant: utrumque nomen ex Graeco creditur fluxisse: nam et ἐγκωμιαστικὸν et ἐπιδεικτικὸν dicunt, Quint. 3, 4, 12; cf. id. 3, 7, 28: materia, id. 3, 4, 16.
- II. Subst.: laudātīva, ae, f., commendation, etc.: laudativa tota, quae est rhetorices pars tertia, Quint. 2, 15, 20; cf. id. 3, 3, 14.
Hence, laudātīvē, adv., in a laudatory manner, Don. ad Ter. Enn. 5, 8, 5.