αἰνέω
(compare αἴνημι, αἰνίζομαι), imperfect ᾔνουν[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1154] Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect αἴνεον[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.73] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future αἰνήσω[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.380, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1080, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.72] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect Poets always αἰνέσω, as in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.63, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.112] Refs 7th c.BC+]: aorist ᾔνησα[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, _optative_ αἰνήσειε 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 57.1] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect αἴνησα[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.13] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect always ᾔνεσα, Ionic dialect αἴνεσα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.113: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ᾔνεκα (ἐπ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.207:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, future αἰνέσομαι (only in compounds ἐπ-, παρ-):—passive, aorist participle αἰνεθείς[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ᾔνημαι (ἐπ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 51, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.233.] Refs 5th c.BC+]—poetical and Ionic dialect Verb, very rare in good Attic dialect Prose [[(5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 404d, “Lg.” 952c), ἐπαινέω] Refs 5th c.BC+] being used instead:—properly, tell, speak of, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 98, 1482 (both Lyric poetry), “Ch.” 192] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ reports of you as honest, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.47. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II usually praise, approve, opposed to νεικέω, ψέγω, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.249, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 612, etc.; ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ᾽ αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 673] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102; ἐπ᾽ ἔργμασιν ἐσθλοῖς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]