I.an utterance, short saying, sentence.—In partic.
I. A short maxim, saying: “Solonis,” Cic. de Sen. 20, 73.—
II. An inscription on a tombstone (so most freq.), Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Cic. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Fin. 2, 35; id. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; id. Pis. 29 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1 al. (Vide old examples of such Elogia in Orell. Inscr. 534 sq.) Also on doors, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 74; “on the images of ancestors,” Suet. Galb. 3; “on votive tablets,” id. Calig. 24.—
III. A clause in a will (especially which disinherits one), Cic. Clu. 48, 135; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; Dig. 28, 2, 14 fin.; 37, 10, 1, § 9; Suet. Vita Hor. sub init.; hence, in the Cod. Just., ultima elogia, for last will or testament in gen., Cod. 3, 28, 37, § 1 al.—
IV. A judicial statement, record, abstract in criminal cases (respecting the criminal's offence, punishment, etc.), Suet. Calig. 27; Spart. Sever. 2; Lampr. Alex. Sever. 33; Amm. 7, 2; 19, 12: “vertices sub uno elogio jussit occidi,” a single warrant, id. 14, 7, 1; “so the jurid. expression: mittere aliquem cum elogio,” to send a criminal before the proper magistrates, with a specification of his offence, Dig. 48, 3, 11; 49, 16, 3 al.
