pănēgyrĭcus, a, um, adj., = πανηγυρικός,
I of or belonging to a public assembly or festival; hence, subst.: pănēgy-rĭcus , i, m., the festival oration of Isocrates , in which he eulogized the Athenians , Cic. Or. 11, 37; Quint. 10, 4, 4.—
II Transf., praising , laudatory , eulogistic : libelli, panegyrics , Aus. Prof. 1, 13.—More freq. subst.: pănēgyrĭcus , i, m., a eulogy , panegyric , Quint. 2, 10, 11; cf. id. 3, 4, 14: etiam malos panegyricis mendacibus adulantur, Lact. 1, 15, 13.