tell, speak of
αἰνέω(cf.αἴνημι, αἰνίζομαι),impf.
A.
ᾔνουν
E. Hec. 1154
, Ion.
αἴνεον
Hdt. 3.73
:fut.
αἰνήσω
Od. 16.380
, Thgn. 1080 , Pi. N. 1.72 ; in Att. Poets alwaysαἰνέσω, as in Pi. N. 7.63 , Semon. 7.112 :aor.
ᾔνησα
Hom.
, opt. αἰνήσειε
Simon. 57.1
; Dor.
αἴνησα
Pi. P. 3.13
; in Att. alwaysᾔνεσα, Ion.
αἴνεσα
Hdt. 5.113
:pf. ᾔνεκα(ἐπ-) Isoc. 12.207 :— Med. ,fut. αἰνέσομαι(only in compds.ἐπ-, παρ-):— Pass. ,aor. part.
αἰνεθείς
Hdt. 5.102
:pf. ᾔνημαι(ἐπ-) Hp. Acut. 51 , Isoc. 12.233 .—Poet. and Ion. Verb, very rare in good Att. Prose ( Pl. R. 404d , Lg. 952c ),ἐπαινέωbeing used instead:—properly,tell, speak of, A. Ag. 98 , 1482 (both lyr.), Ch. 192 ;σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ reports ofyou as honest, Herod. 4.47 .
II. usu.praise, approve, opp.ϝεικέω, ψέγω, Il. 10.249 , Thgn. 612 , etc.; ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις
Arist. Fr. 673
:— Pass. , ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς
Hdt. 5.102
; ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἐσθλοῖς
Theoc. 16.15
.
b. esp. in religious sense,glorifyGod, LXX 1 Ch. 16.4 , Ev.Luc. 2.13 , PMag.Par. 1.1146 , al.:—also c. dat.,τῷ κυρίῳ, τῷ θεῷ, LXX 1 Ch. 16.36 , Apoc. 19.5 .
2. approve, advise, recommend
Od. 16.380 , 403 : c.inf.,recommendto do a thing, euphem. forκελεύω, A. Ch. 555 , 715 : c.part.,αἰνεῖν ἰόντα to commendone's going, Id. Pers. 643 :—ὦ δεινὸν αἶνον αἰνέσας giver ofdirecounsel, S. Ph. 1380 :— c. acc. rei,to be content with, acquiesce in, γάμον
Pi. P. 3.13
, cf. N. 1.72 , A. Eu. 469 , Supp. 902 , 1070 (lyr.), E. Med. 1157 ; θῆσσαν τράπεζαν αἰνέσαι
Id. Alc. 2
.
3. praise, with collateral sense,decline courteously, νῇ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ' ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι
Hes. Op. 643
(cf. Plu. 2.22f ), cf. S. Fr. 109 ; but,thank, cj.in E. Supp. 388 .
4. abs.,approve, ὁ δᾶμος αἰνεῖ
IG 9(1).119
( Locr. ).
III. to promiseorvow,τινί τιorτινὶ ποιεῖν τι, S. Ph. 1398 , E. Alc. 12 .
