ἐγκώμιον
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
τό, laudatory ode, eulogy, panegyric, encomium, song in honour of a conqueror, v. ἐγκώμιος 11.2.
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκώμιον: τό, ἴδε τὸ ἑπόμ. ΙΙ. 2.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
éloge ; particul. discours ou chant à la gloire de qqn, panégyrique.
Étymologie: ἐν, κῶμος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐγκώμιον: τό (sc. ἔπος) похвальное слово, хвалебная речь, хвала (τινι Plat. и εἶς τινα Arph.; τὸ ἐ. τῶν ἔργων ἐστὶν ὁ ἔπαινος τῆς ἀρετῆς Arst.).
