laudatio Latin · revision 31197

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=itc-pro *lauVd-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫau̯ˈdaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [lau̯ˈdat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laudātiō''' ''f'' (genitive laudātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|laudō|t=to praise]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb comes from [[m|la|laus|t=praise]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*lauVd-]]; the only proposed link is with a Germanic word for “song”, as [[got|𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸|tr=awiliuþ|t=song of praise]] and [[ang|lēoþ|t=song]], which is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who says that to credit someone's good fortune to the judgement of the gods is a matter of praise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the act of praising or commendation, and a speech or writing in praise, a eulogy or panegyric, as Cicero's Greeks who wrote eulogies to please readers or honour someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In particular it is the funeral eulogy, as Cicero's “some eulogies of the dead”, and a testimonial to an accused man's character in court, as the Mamertines' testimonial for Verres.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “praise, commendation, testimony”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it is approval, the consent of kinsmen or of a lord to the sale of land, the fee paid for that consent, a cession, a grant, a confirmation and a judgement.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|laudation]] comes from it, from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of praise, eulogies and testimonials.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1108 – recorded in a charter.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|laudation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|praise|alt=Praise]], commendation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A [[m|en|eulogy]], [[m|en|panegyric]]; a funeral eulogy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A character testimonial (in court).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Consent of kin or lord to the sale of land; the fee for it; a grant, confirmation.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laudō]]

+ * [[laus]]

+ * [[laudātor]]

+ * [[encōmium]]

+ * [[en|laudation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}