ἐπαινέω

ἐπαιν-έω, Aeol. ἐπαίνημι Simon. 5.19; Lacon. ἐπαινίω Ar. Lys. 198: impf. ἐπῄνεον Il. 3.461 (tm.): fut. -έσω Semon. 7.29, S. El. 1057, E. Andr. 465 (lyr.), Heracl. [300], Pl. Smp. 214e (dub. l.), X. An. 1.4.16, 5.5.8: but more freq. -έσομαι E. Ba. 1195 (lyr.), Pl. Smp. 199a, R. 379e, 383a, X. HG 3.2.6, D. 2.31, etc.; poet. -ήσω Thgn. 93 codd., Pi. P. 10.69: aor. 1 ἐπῄνεσα S. Aj. 536, Th. 1.86, etc. (v. infr.); poet. (not Trag.) ἐπῄνησα Il. 2.335, 18.312, Thgn. 876, Pi. P. 4.168, 189: also Aeol. prose, Schwyzer 622.21, 623.31, 636.17 (but -έσαι 623.34): pf. ἐπῄνεκα Isoc. 12.207,261, Pl. Plt. 307a, etc.:—Med., aor. ἐπῃνησάμην Them. Or. 16.200c; -εσάμην Phalar. Ep. 147:—Pass., fut. ἐπαινεθήσομαι And. 2.13, Pl. R. 474d; later ἐπαινηθήσομαι Longus 4.4 codd.: aor. ἐπῃνέθην Th. 2.25, Isoc. 12.146, etc.; but ἐπῃνήθην SIG 708.20 (Istropolis, ii B. C.): pf. ἐπῄνημαι Hp. Acut. 51, Isoc. 12.233: = αἰνέω (for which it is regularly used in Att.):—

• approve, applaud, commend, in Hom. mostly abs., ἐπὶ δʼ ᾔνεον ἄλλοι Ἀχαιοί Il. 3.461, etc.: c. acc. rei, μῦθον ἐπαινήσαντες Ὀδυσσῆος 2.335; μῦθον ἐ. πρεσβυτέροισι h.Merc. 457; σύνθεσιν Pi. P. 4.168: c. dat. pers., agree with, side with, Ἕκτορι μὲν γὰρ ἐπῄνησαν Il. 18.312: abs., assent, agree, Ar. Av. 1616; ἐπαινεσάντων δʼ αὐτῶν on their assent, Th. 4.65.
• • • 2 praise, commend in any way (the usu. sense in Att. and Trag.), τινά or τι, Alc. 37A, Hdt. 3.34, 6.130; τὸ λίαν ἧσσον ἐ. τοῦ μηδὲν ἄγαν E. Hipp. 264; ἐ. τινά τι commend one for a thing, but in this case the thing is always a neut. Pron. or Adj., τὰ μέν σʼ ἐπαινῶ A. Pr. 342 (cf. III); πάντʼ ἔχω σʼ ἐπαινέσαι S. Aj. 1381, cf. Pl. Smp. 222a; in Din. 3.22 ἐπαινεῖσθαι ταῖς ζητήσεσιν, <ἐπί> shd. be read; ἐπί τινι . . καὶ διότι Inscr.Prien. 44.17 (ii B. C.); εἴς τι Pl. Alc. 1.111a; κατά τι D.S. 1.37; πρός τι Pl. Tht. 145b; also ἐ. τινά τινος Plu. Lib.educ. 2.1c, Luc. Herm. 42 (but ἐ. τί τινος praise something in some one, Pl. Prt. 361d): c. acc. cogn., ἔπαινον ἐ. Id. La. 181b: c. part., ἐπαινέσεσθαί τινα ἀνασχόμενον D. 21.73; ἐ. τινὰ ὅτι . . Pl. Grg. 471d; ἐ. τινὰ πρός τινα praise one man to another, Id. R. 501c; esp. compliment publicly, [Βρασίδας] πρῶτος τῶν κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐπῃνέθη ἐν Σπάρτῃ Th. 2.25; freq. in honorary Inscrr., cf. IG 2(2).102, Inscr.Prien. l.c., etc.: c. dat. pers., τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Σαμίων IG 1(2).101.2, cf. SIG 604.11 (Delph., ii B. C.).
    • 3 of things, [πολιτεία] ὑπὸ πάντων -ουμένη Isoc. 12.118, cf. Arist. Pol. 1289a1; νόμοι -ούμενοι Id. Rh. 1375b24; approve, πόλις ἄλλως ἄλλοτʼ ἐ. τὰ δίκαια A. Th. 1077.
    • 4 agree to or undertake to do, ῥώμην μʼ ἐπαινῶ λαμβάνειν E. Andr. 553; ἐ. εἰς τὸ λοιπόν PTeb. 8.18 (iii B. C.).
    • 5 aor. ἐπῄνεσα in Att. in pres. sense, ἐπῄνεσʼ ἔργον I commend it, S. Aj. 536: abs., well done! Id. Fr. 282, Ar. Ach. 485, cf. E. Alc. 1095, Med. 707.
  • II = παραινέω, recommend, advise, τοιούσδʼ ἐπαινεῖς δῆτα σὺ κτᾶσθαι φίλους; S. Aj. 1360, cf. A. Th. 596, Supp. 996: c. dat. et inf., ὑμῖν δʼ ἐπαινῶ γλῶσσαν εὔφημον φέρειν Id. Ch. 581; σιγᾶν ἐπῄνεσʼ (cf. I.5) S. El. 1322, cf. OC 665.
  • III as a civil form of declining an offer or invitation, I thank you, I am much obliged, κάλλιστʼ, ἐπαινῶ Ar. Ra. 508 (ubi v. Sch.), cf. A. Pr. 342; so ἐ. τὴν κλῆσιν decline it, X. Smp. 1.7, cf. An. 7.7.52.
  • IV of Rhapsodists, recite, declaim publicly, Pl. Ion 536d, 541e.

ἐπαινέω, (αἰνέω), fut. ἐπαινέσομαι Eur. Bacch. 1195 Plat. Symp. 199a, Xen. Hell. 3.2.6 Dem. 2.31, ἐπαινέσω Xen. An. 1.4.16, 5.58 Soph. El. 1033, 1047 Eur. Andr. 464 u. sp.D. (Plat. Legg. IV.719e ist wegen des dabei stehender ἄν wohl in ἐπαινέσαι zu ändern); ἐπαινήσω nur p., Pind. P. 10.69 Nonn. D. 11.150 ; ἐπῃνημένος Isocr. 12.233 ; ἐπαινεθήσεται Plat. Rep. V 474d ; ἐπαινετέον III.390e;
loben, Beifall bezeigen, billigen, teils absol., οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐπῄνεον, ἐπὶ δʼ ᾔνεον ἄλλοι, Il. 3.461, 23.539 teils c. acc., μῦθον Ὀδυσσῆος 2.335 ; Ἕκτορι d.i. beistimmen, 18.312, μῦθόν τινι H.h. Merc. 457. Einzeln auch in Prosa, ἐπαινεσάντων δʼ αὐ. τῶν, nach ihrer Genehmigung, Thuc. 4.65, wie Xen. An. 1.3.7 u. öfter. – Gew. Pind., Tragg. u. in Prosa,
   1) loben, im Ggstz von ψέγω, Plat. Theaet. 145a, wo πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ σοφίαν dabei steht, vgl. εἰς u. πρός ; von ἀτιμάζειν, Xen. An. 1.6.20 ; πάντʼ ἔχω σʼ ἐπαινέσαι λόγοισι, in jeder Beziehung, Soph. Aj. 1381 ; ἃ ἐγὼ Σωκράτη ἐπαινῶ, worin ich den S., od. was ich an dem Sokrates lobe, Plat. Symp. 222a, vgl. 201c ; Sp. auch τινά τινος, wie Dion.Hal. rhet. 14 ; ἐπί τινι, Xen. An. 5.1.45 ; τινί, worüber, Din. 3.22 ; κατά τι DS. 1.37.
   2) zureden, ermahnen, anempfehlen (vgl. παραινέω), ὑμᾶς δʼ ἐπαινῶ μὴ καταισχύνειν ἐμέ Aesch. Suppl. 974 ; ὑμῖν ἐπαινῶ γλῶσσαν εὔφημον φέρειν Ch. 574 ; θαρσεῖν, σιγᾶν Soph. O.C. 671, El. 1314.
   3) sich schönstens für Etwas bedanken, höflich ablehnen, κάλλιστʼ ἐπαινῶ Ar. Ran. 519, Schol. παραιτούμενοι ἔλεγον ; τὴν κλῆσιν, für die Einladung danken, Xen. Symp. 1.7 ; Plut. aud.poet. 5 p : 86. Aehnlich wenn man seine Zufriedenheit mit Etwas bezeugt, aber es ablehnt Xen. An. 7.7.52, Hell. 7.4.5.
   4) feierlich rezitierren, vom Vortrage der Rhapsoden, Plat. Ion 536d, 541e.

ἐπαινέω

[ἐπ-, ἐπι- 5.]

• • 1

    To express approval to, to agree or concur with (a person).

    With dat.: οὔ τοι ἐπαινέομεν Il. 4.29 = Il. 16.443 = Il. 22.181. Cf. Il. 18.312.

    To express approval of: μῦθον ἐπαινήσαντες Ὀδυσσῆος Il. 2.335.

  • 2

    Absol., to approve, assent, concur Il. 4.380, Il. 7.344 = Il. 9.710, Il. 21.290, Il. 23.539, 540: Od. 4.673 = Od. 7.226 = Od. 8.398 = Od. 13.47, Od. 18.66.

ἐπαινέω (ἐπαινέοντι coni.; -έων; -εῖν: fut. -ήσομεν: aor. ἐπαίνεσα; -ήσαις, -ήσαντες; -ῆσαι: pass. ἐπαινεῖσθαι coni.)

• • a praise c. acc./dat. Τρισολυμπιονίκαν ἐπαινέων οἶκον ἥμερον ἀστος ξένοισι δὲ θεράποντα, γνώσομαι τὰν ὀλβίαν Κόρινθον O. 13.2 βουλαὶ δὲ πρεσβύτεραι ἀκίνδυνον ἐμοὶ ἔπος σε ποτὶ πάντα λόγον ἐπαινεῖν παρέχοντι P. 2.67 λέξατο πάντας ἐπαινήσαις Ἰάσων P. 4.189 ἄνδρα κεῖνον ἐπαινέοντι συνετοί (byz.: αἰνέοντι codd.) P. 5.107 εἰ δʼ ὄλβον ἢ χειρῶν βίαν ἢ σιδαρίταν ἐπαινῆσαι πόλεμον δεδόκηται N. 5.19 c. dat., ἀδελφεοῖσί τʼ ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσλοῖς (Wil.: ἀδελφεούς τʼ ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσθλοὺς codd.: ἀδελφεοὺς καὶ ἐπαινήσομεν ἐσλοὺς Ahlwardt: al. al.) P. 10.69 “τῷ παρεόντι δʼ ἐπαινήσαις ἑκὼν ἄλλοτʼ ἀλλοῖα φρόνει” fr. 43. 4. pass., ἐν λόγοις δʼ ἀστῶν ἀγαθοῖσιν ἐπαινεῖσθαι χρεών (sc. Ἀρισταγόραν; sic. Schr.: ἀγαθοῖς μὲν αἰνεῖσθαι codd.: ἀγαθοῖσί μιν αἰνεῖσθαι Mingarelli) N. 11.17
  • b approve c. acc. σύνθεσιν ταύταν ἐπαινήσαντες οἱ μὲν κρίθεν P. 4.168 λόγον ἄνακτος Εὐξαντίου ἐπαίνεσα Pae. 4.36

ἐπαινέω , ipf. ἐπῄνεον, aor. ἐπῄνησα: give approval or assent, approve, commend; abs., also w. dat. of person, Il. 18.312; acc. of thing, μῦθον, Il. 2.335.

ἐπαινέω Epic imperf. ἐπῄνεον fut. -έσω or -έσομαι poet. ήσω poetic but not Attic are ἐπ-αινήσω, ἐπ-ῄνησα aor1 ἐπῄνεσα aor1 ἐπῄνησα perf. ἐπῄνεκα Pass., fut. -αινεθήσομαι aor1 ἐπῃνέθην

• • Ito approve, applaud, commend, Lat. laudare, Hom., etc.; ἐπ. τινά τι to commend one for a thing, Aesch.
  • • 2to compliment publicly, panegyrize, Thuc.
    • 3to undertake to do, c. inf., Eur.
    • 4the aor. ἐπῄνεσα is in Attic used in a pres. sense, ἐπῄνεσʼ ἔργον I commend it, Soph.: and absol., well done! Ar.
  • IIto recommend, exhort, advise, c. inf., Soph.
  • IIIas a civil form of declining an offer, I thank you, I am much obliged, κάλλιστʼ, ἐπαινῶ Ar.; so, ἐπ. τὴν κλῆσιν to decline it, Xen.
  • IVof Rhapsodists, to declaim, Plat.