laudatio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

laudātiō ōnis, f

laudo, a praising, praise, commendation, eulogy, panegyric, encomium : tua, eulogy from you : laudationes eorum, qui sunt ab Homero laudati.—In a court, a favorable testimony, eulogy : gravissima: falsa.— A funeral oration, eulogy : est in manibus laudatio, quam cum legimus, etc.: mortuorum: matronarum, L.— A laudatory address (from a province to the Roman Senate, in praise of a retiring governor).