ἔπαιν-ος, ὁ,
approval, praise, commendation, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 4.3, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 181; ἔ. ἔχειν πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96; πολλῷ ἐχρᾶτο τῷ ἐ. [prev. author] 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 665, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα meriting praise,[[ [prev. work] 817; ἔπαινον ἐπαινεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 181b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, praises, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 720, “El.” 976, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.33; τιμαὶ.. καὶ ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 516c, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 complimentary address, panegyric (but distinguished from ἐγκώμιον, as the general from the particular, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1219b15, “Rh.” 1367b27); ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c; λόγον εἰπεῖν ἔπαινον Ἔρωτος [prev. author] “Smp.” 177d; συντιθεὶς λόγον ἔ. κατά τινος [prev. author] “Phdr.” 260b; οἱ κατὰ Δημοσθένους ἔ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.50; εἴς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 947c; ὑπέρ τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.1.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.22, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]