approve, applaud, commend,
ἐπαιν-έω, Aeol.
ἐπαίνημι
Simon. 5.19 ; Lacon.
ἐπαινίω
Ar. Lys. 198 :impf. ἐπῄνεονIl 3.461 (tm.):fut.
A.
-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 δ' 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 δ' αὐτῶνon theirassent,
Th. 4.65 .
2. praise, commendin any way (the usu. sense in Att. and Trag.),τινάorτι, Alc. 37 A, Hdt. 3.34 , 6.130 ; τὸ λίαν ἧσσον ἐ. τοῦ μηδὲν ἄγαν
E. Hipp. 264
;ἐ. τινά τι commendonefora thing, but in this case the thing is always a neut. Pron. orAdj., τὰ μέν ς' ἐπαινῶ
A. Pr. 342
(cf. 111 ); πάντ' ἔχω ς' 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. 2.1c
, Luc. Herm. 42 (butἐ. τί τινος praisesomething 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 praiseone 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 22.102 ,Inscr.Prien.l.c., etc.: c. dat. pers., τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Σαμίων
IG 12.101.2
, 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 ἄλλοτ' ἐ. τὰ δίκαια
A. Th. 1077
.
4. agree toorundertake to do,
ῥώμην μ' ἐπαινῶ λαμβάνειν
E. Andr. 553
; ἐ. εἰς τὸ λοιπόν
PTeb. 8.18
(iii B. C.).
5. aor. ἐπῄνεσαin Att. inpres.sense,ἐπῄνες' ἔργονIcommendit, S. Aj. 536 : abs.,well done!
Id. Fr. 282 , Ar. Ach. 485 , cf. E. Alc. 1095 , Med. 707 .
II.
= παραινέω ,recommend, advise,
τοιούσδ' ἐπαινεῖς δῆτα δὺ κτᾶσθαι φίλους;
S. Aj. 1360
, cf.
A. Th. 596 , Supp. 996 : c. dat. etinf., ὑμῖν δ' ἐπαινῶ γλῶσσαν εὔφημον φέρειν
Id. Ch. 581
;σιγᾶν ἐπῄνες'(cf. 1.5 ) S. El. 1322 , cf. OC 665 .
III. as a civil form of declining an offer or invitation, Ithank you,Iam much obliged,
κάλλιστ', ἐπαινῶ
Ar. Ra. 508
(ubiv.Sch.), cf. A. Pr. 342 ; soἐ. τὴν κλῆσιν declineit, X. Smp. 1.7 , cf. An. 7.7.52 .
IV. of Rhapsodists,recite, declaim publicly,
Pl. Ion 536d , 541e .
