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laudo
laudo
Latin
Etymology
From laus (“praise, commendation”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlau.doː/
Verb
laudō (present infinitive laudāre, perfect active laudāvī, supine laudātum); first conjugation
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References
- laudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “laudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
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(ambiguous) to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui
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(ambiguous) to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
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(ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: omnium undique laudem colligere
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(ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
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(ambiguous) to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: laudem afferre
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(ambiguous) to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere
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(ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
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(ambiguous) to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
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(ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi
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(ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
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(ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
- to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare