praise (subs.) Copy link • praise (subs.): laus, dis, f. (gen. term): to bestow p. on any one, laude aliquem afficere, Cic. Off. 2, 13, fin.; stronger, ornare aliquem laudibus, id. Ph. 2, 11, 25; aliquem [summis] laudibus [ad coelum] efferre, id. Fam. 9, 14: to set down to any one's p.: alicui laudi dare, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; in alicujus laude ponere, id. Verr. 3, 91, 212. (Laudatio = act of praising; set eulogy.) Phr.: to detract from any one's p., detrectare aliquem, Sall. Jug. 53, extr.: more freq. with non-personal object, as virtutes detrectare, Liv. 38, 49, med. See also glory.