ἔνδοξ-ος, ον,
(δόξα) held in esteem or honour, of high repute, πρός τινος by one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 6.10 codices (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ότατοι ποιηταί [[ [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.2.56; πόλις -οτέρα εἰς τὰ πολεμικά [prev. work] 3.5.1 ] Refs]; νέοι πλούσιοι καὶ ἔ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 223b; μὴ πλουσιώτερος ἀλλ᾽ -ότερος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.37; ὀλίγοι καὶ ἔ. ἄνδρες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1098b28, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 7, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of things, notable, πράγματα [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.231, compare 4th c.BC: Diodorus Comicus 2.21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; generally approved, τὸ καλόν, ={τὸ ἔ}., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 513 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; glorious, ταφαί [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 28; ἡδὺ καὶ ἔ. καὶ ὠφέλιμον [prev. author] 2.99f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+] adverb -ξως, frequently in Inscrr., [[ “SIG” 442.7 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC), etc.,compare “Vita Philonidis Epicurei” p.12C., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 1, etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: comparative -οτέρως, τὰ ἔνδοξα ἐ. λέγειν [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.9 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also στῆλαι ἔχουσαι ἐπιγραφὰς -ξως conspicuously placed, [[ “Sammelb.” 6152.22 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα, ἐβουλεύσασθε [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.65. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II resting on opinion, probable, generally admitted, ἔ. τὰ δοκοῦντα πᾶσιν ἢ τοῖς πλείστοις ἢ τοῖς σοφοῖς, opposed to to what is necessarily true (τὰ πρῶτα καὶ ἀληθῆ), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 100b21, compare “EN” 1145b5, “Rh.” 1355a17, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἔ. διδασκαλία popular teaching, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.247. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]