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“panegyrist” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

panegyrist
laudator: praedicator: praeco: buccinator (e.g., alicujus existimationis. SYN. in PRAISER). To be the panegyrist of anything, laudare aliquid; praedicare aliquid or de re: to be one’s own panegyrist, se ipsum laudare; praedicare de se ipso: to be anybody’s panegyrist, laudare aliquem, or (in a set discourse), dicere de alicujus laudibus.

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What is the Latin word for panegyrist?
The usual Latin words for “panegyrist” are laudō, praedicō, praecō; also būcinātor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.