elogium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlogium (“short saying, inscription”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “elegy”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “song, melody”).

Noun

elogium (plural elogia or elogiums)

  1. a eulogy

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈlo.ɡi.um/, [eːˈɫɔ.ɡi.ũː]

Noun

ēlogium n (genitive ēlogiī or ēlogī); second declension

  1. short saying or sentence:
    1. short maxim
    2. inscription on a tombstone
    3. clause in a will
    4. (law) judicial statement, extract, summary

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēlogium ēlogia
Genitive ēlogiī
ēlogī1		 ēlogiōrum
Dative ēlogiō ēlogiīs
Accusative ēlogium ēlogia
Ablative ēlogiō ēlogiīs
Vocative ēlogium ēlogia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • elogium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elogium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elogium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • elogium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the epitaph: elogium in sepulcro incisum
  • elogium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elogium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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