compliment (v.) Copy link Outline 1. laudo, 12. ornātē lŏquor (foll. by abl. with de) • compliment (v.): 1. laudo, 1: the jurors are c.'d (on their conduct), judices laudantur, Cic.: v. to praise. 2. ornātē lŏquor (foll. by abl. with de): he c.'d me very highly on my consulate, ornatissime de meo consulatu locutus est, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4: simly, hŏnōrĭfĭcē de aliquo praedicare, Cic.; honorificentissime aliquem appellare (of c. address to a person), Cic.: v. complimentary.