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οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters

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Transliteration A: épainos Transliteration B: epainos Transliteration C: epainos Beta Code: e)/painos

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   A approval, praise, commendation, Simon.4.3, Pi.Fr.181; ἔ. ἔχειν πρός τινος Hdt.1.96; πολλῷ ἐχρᾶτο τῷ ἐ. Id.3.3: freq. in Trag. and Att., ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος S.Ant.665, etc.; κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα meriting praise, ib. 817; ἔπαινον ἐπαινεῖν Pl.La.181b: pl., praises, S.OC720, El.976, X. Mem.2.1.33; τιμαὶ . . καὶ ἔ. Pl.R.516c, etc.    2 complimentary address, panegyric (but distd. fr. ἐγκώμιον, as the general from the particular, Arist.EE1219b15, Rh.1367b27); ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Pl. Phdr.260c; λόγον εἰπεῖν ἔπαινον Ἔρωτος Id.Smp.177d; συντιθεὶς λόγον ἔ. κατά τινος Id.Phdr.260b; οἱ κατὰ Δημοσθένους ἔ. Aeschin.3.50; εἴς τινα Pl.Lg.947c; ὑπέρ τινος Plb.1.1.1, D.S.13.22, D.H.10.57.