A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

laudans,-antis (part.B): commending, approving, citing; passive “(of medicaments) to be recommended as a remedy” (Glare); citing (as appropriate or recommended) [> L. laudo,-avi,-atum, 1. to praise, commend, extol, approve, pronounce over; to name, quote, cite].

- a Dicrano trachyblepharo notis laudatis differt (C. Mueller), it differs from Dicranum trachyblepharum by the characters commended.

laudasse: perfect active infinitive of laudo: to have (re)commended. laudat: third-person singular present active indicative: [he/she] it commends, recommends;

- Pancovius decoctum ejus ad firmandos capillos laudat (Dill.), Pancovius commends a decoction of it for strengthening the hair [i.e. of the head].

NOTE: Dr. Thomas Panckow (Pancovius) (1654-1665).

laudat: third-person singular presend active indicative: [he/she] it commends, recommends.

laudatur: third-person singular present passive indicative: [he/she]it is recommended, approved; is cited;

- [Lichen fontanus major “the great water liverwort” (Dill.)] laudatur, inquit Cæsalpinus, a Recentioribus ad epatis calidam intemperiem, nam refrigerat & siccat, ac tollit obstructiones ob partium tenuitatem (Dill.), it is recommended, says Caesalpinus, by modern people (authors), for a hot [i.e. inflammed] disorder of the liver, for it cools down [i.e. relieves inflammation] and dries [it] up, and it takes away obstructions due to the thinness [i.e. emaciation] of the parts [i.e. organs].