elogium

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ē-lŏgĭum, ii, n. [logus; cf. Rost. Opusc. Plaut. I. p. 93 sq.], an utterance, short saying, sentence. —In partic.

A short maxim, saying:

Solonis,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 73.—

An inscription on a tombstone (so most freq.), Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Cic. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Fin. 2, 35; id. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; id. Pis. 29 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1 al. (Vide old examples of such Elogia in Orell. Inscr. 534 sq.) Also on doors, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 74;

on the images of ancestors,

Suet. Galb. 3;

on votive tablets,

id. Calig. 24.—

A clause in a will (especially which disinherits one), Cic. Clu. 48, 135; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; Dig. 28, 2, 14 fin.; 37, 10, 1, § 9; Suet. Vita Hor. sub init.; hence, in the Cod. Just., ultima elogia, for last will or testament in gen., Cod. 3, 28, 37, § 1 al.—

A judicial statement, record, abstract in criminal cases (respecting the criminal's offence, punishment, etc.), Suet. Calig. 27; Spart. Sever. 2; Lampr. Alex. Sever. 33; Amm. 7, 2; 19, 12:

vertices sub uno elogio jussit occidi,

a single warrant, id. 14, 7, 1;

so the jurid. expression: mittere aliquem cum elogio,

to send a criminal before the proper magistrates, with a specification of his offence, Dig. 48, 3, 11; 49, 16, 3 al.

glōrĭa, ae, f. [Sanscr. cru, to hear; crav-as, fame; Gr. kluô, kleos; Lat. cluo, clueo, inclutus, from the root clŭo; lit., rumor, fame; hence also, like kleos, pregn.], glory, fame, renown, praise, honor (syn.: laus, laudatio, gloriatio, elogium, etc.).

Lit.

In gen.:

te inmortali adficere gloria,

Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 10: viri (Q. Fabii) gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.): ut summae gloriae sint a virtute proficiscentia, dedecoris vero praecipui existimentur, quae voluptas suadeat non sine labe vitiorum, Cato ap. Schol. Cic. Sest. 66, p. 310 Orell.: hicine est ille Telamon, modo quem gloria ad caelum extulit? Poët. (perh. Enn.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39 (Trag. Rel. Inc. v. 93 Rib.):

virtutem tamquam umbra sequitur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloria clariores aut auctoritate graviores,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata: ea est consentiens laus bonorum, incorrupta vox bene judicantium de excellente virtute;

ea virtuti resonat tamquam imago,

id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 sq.:

trahimur omnes studio laddis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur. Ipsi illi philosophi etiam in illis libellis, quos de contemnenda gloria scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt, etc.,

id. Arch. 11, 26:

immortalis gloria (opp. sempiterna turpitudo),

id. Pis. 26, 63:

bello quaeritur gloria,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

maximam gloriam capere,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

esse in gloria sempiterna,

id. Att. 14, 11, 1:

sit in aeterna gloria Marius, qui, etc.,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

esse in maxima gloria,

id. Off. 3, 21, 85:

excellens in re militari gloria,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

quod auctor ei summa augur gloria Attus Navius non erat,

id. ib. 2, 20:

honorum gradus summis hominibus et infimis sunt pares, gloriae dispares, etc.... ut is maxime gloria excellat, qui virtute plurimum praestet,

id. Planc. 24, 60:

unus bis remp. servavi, semel gloriā, iterum aerumna meā,

id. Sest. 22, 49:

an Pollio et Messala... parum ad posteros gloriae tradiderunt?

Quint. 12, 11, 28:

gloriam qui spreverit veram habebit,

Liv. 22, 39, 19: spreta in tempore gloria [p. 818] interdum cumulatior redit, id. 2, 47, 11:

militavi non sine gloria,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 2:

tenui Saleio Gloria quantalibet quid erit, si gloria tantum est,

Juv. 7, 81.— Poet.:

candidus, armenti gloria, taurus,

i. e. ornament, pride, Ov. A. A. 1, 290; Tib. 4, 1, 208.—In plur., reputation, fame, Auct. Her. 3, 6, 10; Sall. J. 41, 7:

veteres Gallorum gloriae,

glorious deeds, Tac. A. 3, 45:

ita sunt gloriae meretricum,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 36; Gell. 2, 27, 5.—

With gen.:

simul rem et belli gloriam armis repperi, Tcr. Heaut. 1, 1, 60: nemo, qui fortitudinis gloriam consecutus est insidiis et malitiā, laudem est adeptus,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 62; cf.:

pro gloria belli atque fortitudinis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2 fin.:

gloria rei militaris,

id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

legum et publicae disciplinae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110:

rerum gestarum gloria florere,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

eximia virtutis,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

et gravitatis et ingenii,

id. Ac. 2, 23, 72; id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

imperii,

id. ib. 1, 12, 38:

dicendi,

id. Brut. 68, 239; Quint. 12, 10, 17:

carminum,

Tac. A. 12, 28:

et titulis et fascibus olim major habebatur donandi gloria,

Juv. 5, 111:

velocis gloria plantae,

id. 13, 98.—

Transf., subjectively, thirst or passion for glory, ambition; vainglory, pride, vaunting, boasting (class.).

In gen.:

pueri gloriā ducti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46 Tischer:

moriar, ni, quae tua gloria est, puto te malle a Caesare consuli quam inaurari,

id. Fam. 7, 13, 1; cf.:

studio et gloriā,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

ostentatio et gloria,

id. Rab. Post. 14, 38; and:

jactantiā gloriāque,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; cf. id. S. 1, 6, 23; 2, 3, 179:

caecus Amor sui Et tollens vacuum plus nimio Gloria verticem,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 15:

patriam obruit olim gloria paucorum,

Juv. 10, 142:

vana gloria,

Liv. 22, 39, 18.—In plur.:

perjuriorem hoc hominem si quis viderit Aut gloriarum pleniorem, quam illic est,

vain boastings, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 22; Gell. 1, 2, 6.—

With gen.:

generandi mellis,

Verg. G. 4, 205:

lautae mensae,

Luc. 4, 376.

in-sculpo ( inscalp-), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to cut or carve in or upon, to engrave.

Lit.

With dat. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

summam patrimonii saxo (shortly before, incidere),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 90:

litteras tabellae,

Quint. 1, 1, 27:

elogium tumulo,

Suet. Claud. 1:

incisa et insculpta sunt publicis aeternisque monumentis praetoria ornamenta Pallantis,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:

usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—

With abl. (very rare):

columna aenea insculptum,

Liv. 2, 33, 9.—

Absol. (with abl. of manner):

ara cum ingenti titulo Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto,

Liv. 28, 46, 16. —

Trop., to engrave, imprint:

natura insculpsit in mentibus, ut deos aeternos et beatos haberemus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:

omnibus enim innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum, esse deos,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12:

in animo,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2.

in-sculpo ( inscalp-), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to cut or carve in or upon, to engrave.

Lit.

With dat. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

summam patrimonii saxo (shortly before, incidere),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 90:

litteras tabellae,

Quint. 1, 1, 27:

elogium tumulo,

Suet. Claud. 1:

incisa et insculpta sunt publicis aeternisque monumentis praetoria ornamenta Pallantis,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 14:

usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.—

With abl. (very rare):

columna aenea insculptum,

Liv. 2, 33, 9.—

Absol. (with abl. of manner):

ara cum ingenti titulo Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto,

Liv. 28, 46, 16. —

Trop., to engrave, imprint:

natura insculpsit in mentibus, ut deos aeternos et beatos haberemus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:

omnibus enim innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum, esse deos,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12:

in animo,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2.

laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).

Lit.:

in laude vivere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

laude afficere aliquem,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

omni laude cumulare,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

summam alicui laudem tribuere,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

illustri laude celebrari,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

aliquem laudibus efferre,

Juv. 6, 182:

neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

eloquentiae, humanitatis,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

id. Brut. 13, 50:

laudis titulique cupido,

Juv. 10, 143:

supremae laudes,

i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

Liv. 8, 40. —

Transf.

A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

abundans bellicis laudibus,

id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 19:

Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

conscientia laudis,

worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

Juv. 8, 74.—

Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.

Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

also called Laus Pompeia,

Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).

Lit.:

in laude vivere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

laude afficere aliquem,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

omni laude cumulare,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

summam alicui laudem tribuere,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

illustri laude celebrari,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

aliquem laudibus efferre,

Juv. 6, 182:

neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

eloquentiae, humanitatis,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

id. Brut. 13, 50:

laudis titulique cupido,

Juv. 10, 143:

supremae laudes,

i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

Liv. 8, 40. —

Transf.

A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

abundans bellicis laudibus,

id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 19:

Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

conscientia laudis,

worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

Juv. 8, 74.—

Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.

Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

also called Laus Pompeia,

Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

praecōnĭus, a, um, adj. [praeco], of or belonging to a praeco or public crier: quaestus, the office or business of a public crier, Cic. Quint. 31, 95.—

Subst: praecō-nĭum, ĭi, n.

The office of a public crier:

facere,

to be a public crier, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1:

praeconium me ut detis,

make me your auctioneer, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 93; Suet. Gram. 3.—

Transf.

In gen., a crying out in public; a proclaiming, spreading abroad, publishing (syn. praedicatio):

tibi praeconium deferam,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 2; App. M. 6, p. 176, 3:

praeconio contendere,

in strength of voice, Suet. Ner. 24:

domesticum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.— Plur.:

praeconia famae,

Ov. H. 17, 207:

peragere praeconia casūs,

id. Tr. 5, 1, 9.—

In partic., a publishing, celebrating, laudation, commendation (syn.:

laudatio, elogium): praeconium alicui tribuere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

mandare versibus laborum praeconium,

id. Arch. 9, 20:

formae praeconia,

Ov. Am. 3, 12, 9:

praeconium facere de Deo,

Lact. 1, 4, 2; 4, 14, 19.

rĕ-cĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

In the best prose, a publicist's t. t., to read out, recite a document, statement, report, etc., in public proceedings:

alicujus testimonium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23; cf.:

testimonia tabulasve,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

litteras in concione,

Cic. Att. 8, 9, 2:

litteras in senatu,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1; 12, 25, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

edictum,

Cic. Quint. 29, 89; id. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26:

orationem,

id. Planc. 30, 74:

nolo cetera recitare,

id. ib.:

epistulam meam,

id. Sull. 24, 67:

quid ego nunc hic Chlori testimonium recitem?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

rogationem suam populo,

Quint. 10, 5, 13:

testamentum,

id. 9, 2, 35:

recitet ex codice,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; so,

responsum ex scripto,

Liv. 23, 11:

de tabulis publicis,

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

auctionem populi Romani de legis scripto,

id. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

elogium de testamento,

id. Clu. 48, 135.—

Of persons: testamento si recitatus heres esset pupillus Cornelius,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54; so,

heres,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177:

aliquem praeterire in recitando senatu,

in the list of senators, Cic. Dom. 32, 84; so,

senatum,

Liv. 29, 37: aut recitatis in actione, aut nominatis testibus, by reading over the witnesses (i. e. their testimony) or by simply naming them, Quint. 5, 7, 25; v. Spald. ad h. l. —

In gen., to read out, recite any thing in public (freq. since the Aug. per., after which it became customary to recite one's own works before audiences; cf.: pronuntio, declamo): To. At clare recitato. Do. Tace, dum perlego, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30:

postquam recitasti quod erat cerae creditum,

id. ib. 4, 3, 59:

in medio, qui Scripta foro recitent, sunt multi,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 75; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 23; id. Ep. 1, 19, 42; 2, 1, 223; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 45; id. P. 3, 5, 39; Juv. 8, 126; 3, 9; Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 1; 1, 5, 4; 1, 13; 2, 10, 6 et saep. al.—With dat.:

nec recitem cuiquam nisi amicis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 73:

Quinctilio si quid recitares,

id. A. P. 438:

nec illi... verba ultra suppeditavere quam ut sacramentum recitaret,

Tac. H. 4, 59.—

To repeat from memory, say by heart, recite:

quin etiam recitare, si qua meminerunt, cogendi sunt (phrenetici),

Cels. 3, 18, 39; Mart. 9, 83, 4. —

Of prayers, to say, offer (eccl. Lat.):

orationes,

Vulg. Tob. 3, 25.