encomium

From LSJ

τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

See praise.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

encōmĭum: i, n., = ἐγκώμιον,
I praise, eulogy, Quint. 7, 2, 33 (ex conject. Gesn. Halm, encenia).

Latin > Chinese

*encomium, ii. n. :: 讚詩褒文

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, 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