ἐπαινέω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἐπῐ́ (epí) +‎ αἰνέω (ainéō, to approve).

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ἐπαινέω (epainéō)

  1. to approve, applaud, agree, countenance
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.461:
      ὣς ἔφατ’ Ἀτρεΐδης, ἐπὶ δ’ ᾔνεον ἄλλοι Ἀχαιοί.
      hṑs éphat’ Atreḯdēs, epì d’ ḗineon álloi Akhaioí.
      So spake the son of Atreus, and all the Achaeans shouted assent.
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.168:
      σύνθεσιν ταύταν ἐπαινήσαντες οἱ μὲν κρίθεν
      súnthesin taútan epainḗsantes hoi mèn kríthen
      Approving this arrangement, they parted company.
    • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1616:
      ὁρᾷς; ἐπαινεῖ χοὖτος.
      horâis? epaineî khoûtos.
      Do you see? He also agrees.
    1. to praise, commend
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.34.5:
        ἥσθη τε ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ Καμβύσης καὶ ἐπαίνεε τὴν Κροίσου κρίσιν.
        hḗsthē te taûta akoúsas ho Kambúsēs kaì epaínee tḕn Kroísou krísin.
        Cambyses was glad to have heard this, and he praised Croesus' judgement.
      • 620 BCE – 500 BCE, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Collected Works 37A:
        μέγ’ ἐπαίνεντες ἀόλλεες
        még’ epaínentes aóllees
        shouting his praise by their thousands
      • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 342:
        τὰ μὲν σ’ ἐπαινῶ κοὐδαμῇ λήξω ποτέ:
        tà mèn s’ epainô koudamêi lḗxō poté:
        I thank you for all this and shall never cease to thank you.
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.25.2.[Brasidias] was the first that was praised at Sparta in this war:
        πρῶτος τῶν κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐπῃνέθη ἐν Σπάρτῃ.
        prôtos tôn katà tòn pólemon epēinéthē en Spártēi.
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panathenaicus 118:
        ἀντὶ τῆς ὑπὸ πάντων ἐπαινουμένης
        antì tês hupò pántōn epainouménēs
        in place of the [polity] commended by all
    2. to agree or undertake to do
  2. to recommend, advise
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1360:
      τοιούσδ’ ἐπαινεῖς δῆτα σὺ κτᾶσθαι φίλους;
      toioúsd’ epaineîs dêta sù ktâsthai phílous?
      So then, are these the type of friends that you recommend we make?
  3. Used to decline an offer or invitation.
  4. (Rhapsody) to recite

Usage notes

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The aorist ἐπῄνεσα (epḗinesa) is sometimes used in Attic in a present sense.

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