ἐγκώμιον
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English (LSJ)
τό, laudatory ode, eulogy, panegyric, encomium, song in honour of a conqueror, v. ἐγκώμιος II.2.
German (Pape)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
éloge ; particul. discours ou chant à la gloire de qqn, panégyrique.
Étymologie: ἐν, κῶμος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκώμιον: τό, ἴδε τὸ ἑπόμ. ΙΙ. 2.
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.).
English (Woodhouse)
Mantoulidis Etymological
(=ὠδή πρός τιμή τοῦ νικητοῦ). Ἀπό τό ἐν + κῶμος (=ἐπινίκειο τραγούδι).
Παράγωγα: ἐγκωμιάζω, ἐγκωμιαστής, ἐγκωμιαστικός, ἐγκωμιαστός, ἀνεγκωμίαστος.
Translations
praise
Arabic: مِدْحَة, إِثْنَاء, إِطْرَاء, مَحْمَدَة; Armenian: գովեստ; Assamese: গুণ, প্ৰসংশা; Azerbaijani: tərif, öymə, mədh; Belarusian: пахвала, хвала; Bengali: তারিফ; Catalan: alabança, lloança; Chinese Cantonese: 稱讚, 称赞, 讚揚, 赞扬, 表揚, 表扬, 褒揚, 褒扬, 稱道, 称道, 稱揚, 称扬, 表彰; Mandarin: 稱讚, 称赞, 讚揚, 赞扬, 表揚, 表扬, 褒揚, 褒扬, 稱道, 称道, 稱揚, 称扬, 表彰; Min Nan: 稱讚, 称赞, 讚揚, 赞扬, 表揚, 表扬, 褒揚, 褒扬, 表彰, 呵咾, 褒; Czech: chvála, pochvala; Dutch: lof; Esperanto: laŭdo; Finnish: ylistys, kehu, kehuminen; French: louange; Friulian: laud; Galician: loanza, gabanza; Georgian: შექება, ქება, ქება-დიდება; German: Lob; Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃; Ancient Greek: αἴνεσις, αἴνη, αἶνος, ἀνύμνησις, δοξολογία, ἐγκώμιον, ἐπαίνεσις, ἔπαινος, εὐηγορία, ὕμνησις; Hindi: तारीफ़, प्रशंसा, स्तुति, सिफत, उपमा; Hungarian: dicséret; Icelandic: lof, hrós; Indonesian: pujian; Irish: clú; Italian: elogio, lode, complimento; Japanese: 賞賛; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: pesn; Latin: laus; Macedonian: пофалба; Malayalam: പ്രശംസിക്കുക, വാഴ്തുക, പുകഴ്തുക, പ്രശംസിക്കുക, പുകഴ്തുക, വാഴ്തുക; Ngazidja Comorian: swifa; Old English: lof, hering; Old Polish: sławosłowie; Persian: ستایش, ثنا, آفرین; Plautdietsch: Loff; Polish: pochwała; Portuguese: louvor; Romanian: laudă, elogiu, glorificare; Russian: похвала, восхваление, хвала; Sanskrit: शँसति, स्तौति, प्रशम्सा, स्तौति, शँसति; Scottish Gaelic: cliù, luaidh, moladh; Slovak: chvála, pochvala; Slovene: hvála; Spanish: alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio; Tamil: வௌகற; Telugu: పొగడ్త; Tocharian B: palauna, pālalñe; Turkish: övgü, methiye; Ukrainian: похвала; Urdu: تعریف; Yiddish: לויב
