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Pan.dect, $. from ",av, pan, all, and a.Xo!'"" rl;tch~maj,
I contain. A treatise that comprehends the whole
of any science.
Pan-demic, adj. Sec DE~IOS, p. 7.
Pan-egyric, s. An oration in praise of some person
01' thing. The word is formed of ",av, pan, all, and
aj'Elpw, ageiro, I assemble; because panegyric~ were
anciently prononnced in pnblic and solemn assemblies
of the Greeks, both at their games and religious
meetings. To make their" panegyrics the more
solemn, the Greeks used to begin with the praise of
the; Deity in whose hononr the games, &c., were
celebrated; then of the magistrates who presided at
" them; and, lastly, of the champions who had gained
the prizes in them.
Panic, s. is :l terln used for a needless or ill.grounded
fright. The most mtional account of the origin of
this expression is the following: "Pan was the name
of ri. general, who, with a few men, put a numerous
,enemy to the rout, by a noise in a rocky valley,
favoured by a great number of echoes. This stra ...
tagem making their ~umbcr appear much greater
than it really was, the enemy qnitted a very commodions
encampment and fled. Hellee all ill.
gronnded fears hiwe been called panics, 01' panic
fears."- The imaginary Being termed the heathen
God PAN was Inercly an emblem of universal nature.
The ,,",ord pan signifies" all. II
Pun-oply, s. from ",av, 1'an, all, and p"'Aa, ~pla, armour.
Complete armour.
Pan-orama, So (Sec ORA"1., p.2S.)-Pan-orama-copia,
or Picture of Endless Transposition, is another pro...
fessed improvement upon the lVlyriorama.. Pa", all;
copia is a Latin word, and signifies ce abundance."
Pan-theon, $. Sec TIIEOS, p. SI.
P:mto.mimc, s. fronl 1TCtJI'TOS, POl1t'()S, genitive of ?rav
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