πᾰνηγῠρ-ικός (panegurikos)

Where it lives

Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

πᾰνηγῠρ-ικός · panēgyr-ikos — LSJ

of, for a public festival, assembly

of or for a public festival or assembly, οἱ ὄχλοι οἱ π. Isoc. 12.263; πολυτέλεια, κόσμος, Plu. Cons.ux. 2.608f.

II solemn, festive, festival oration, panegyric

generally, solemn, festive, λόγος festival oration, such as those pronounced at the Olympic games, panegyric, Isoc. 5.9,84, al.; Ἰσοκράτης ἐν τῷ π. in his Panegyric, Arist. Rh. 1408b15; π. εἶδος [τῆς ῥητορικῆς] Phld. Rh. 2.251 S.; τὰ π. Plu. Profect. 2.79b: Comp. -ώτερος, of Isocrates himself, D.H. Vett.Cens. 5.2; -ώτεραι διηγήσεις Aps. p.257 H.

2 flattering, false, showy, ostentatious, pompous, showily

flattering, false, π. λῆροι Plu. Lib.educ. 2.6a; of style, showy, ostentatious, opp. ἀληθινός, D.H. Dem. 8; of persons, pompous, γυνὴ σοβαρὰ καὶ π. Plu. Luc. 6. Adv. -κῶς showily, π. κατεσκευασμένος Id. Cam. 16, cf. Ant. 61; opp. στρατιωτικῶς, Posidon. 36 J.: Comp. -κώτερον Plb. 5.34.3.

In the wild

πανηγυρικῷ · panēgyrikōi Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
Πανηγυρικῷ · Panēgyrikōi Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
Πανηγυρικὸν · Panēgyrikon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3977)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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