encomium
suomi-englanti sanakirjaencomium englannista suomeksi
ylistyspuhe, kunnianosoitus, ylistys
Substantiivi
encomium englanniksi
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
1763, (w), ''The History of Louisiana: Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing a Description of the Countries that Lye on both Sides of the River Missisipi ''sic'': With an Account of the Settlements ... Translated from the French ... by M. Le Page du Pratz; with some Notes and Observations ... In two volumes. ...'', London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, (w) 181837275 (English translation of ''Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays, sa description géographique, un voyage dans les terres, l'histoire naturelle, les mœurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines : deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud : ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce'', Paris : Chez de Bure, l'aîné ..., la veuve Delaguette ..., Lambert ..., 1758, (w) 1651361), page 39:
- I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums.
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(quote-book) indicated in antiquity, encomia of Busiris (w) belong to this category of "paradoxical" or "adoxographic" treatises, which flourished in nearly all periods of ancient Greek literature. These were speeches written in the encomiastic style on subjects that were immediately recognizable to ancient audiences as vile, trivial, ridiculous, or otherwise unsuited to praise.
(quote-book) (sophist)|Polycrates' encomium on mice dwelt upon their service to the Egyptians in gnawing the bowstrings and shield handles of invading enemies, while (w), praising hair, gave examples of long-haired heroes at Troy. Appion's praise of adultery recalls the love affairs of Zeus and other gods, and Libanus stresses the good parentage of (w), ugliest of the Greeks who fought against Troy. But for all their diversity of individual arguments, the overall pattern for these playful or "adoxographic" works remains that of the serious encomium, and their subject matter can conveniently be grouped under the three broad headings of vice, disease, and animals.
A general category of oratory.
A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.