 The noun had been borrowed into Classical Latin by around the second century CE, as "panēgyris" 'festival' (in post-Classical usage also 'general assembly').Correspondingly, Classical Latin also included the adjective "panēgyricus", which appears meaning 'laudatory', but also came to function as a noun, meaning 'public eulogy'.These words inspired similar formations in European languages in the early modern period, such as French "panégyrique", attested by 1512.