compliment (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. offĭcium2. verba honorifica (of course only of a verbal c., whereas officium refers to acts) • compliment (subs.): 1. offĭcium: the c. of listening (to an author reading his own works), off. audiendi, Plin. Ep.: to do a person the c. of being present at his assumption of the toga virilis, officio togae virilis adesse, Plin.: Juv. 2. verba honorifica (of course only of a verbal c., whereas officium refers to acts): Cic.: also, verba ampla, amplissima: v. complimentary. Sometimes = praise: q. v. Phr.: mere c.s, *inanes verborum honores; laudes fictae, fucatae: to pay one's c.s to any one, sălūtare: v. to greet.