ἔπαινος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">approval, praise, commendation</b>, <span class="bibl">Simon.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>181</span>; ἔ. ἔχειν πρός τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span>; πολλῷ ἐχρᾶτο τῷ ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.3.3</span>: freq. in Trag. and Att., ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>665</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα</b> meriting [[praise]], ib. <span class="bibl">817</span>; ἔπαινον ἐπαινεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>181b</span>: pl., [[praises]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>720</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>976</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.33</span>; τιμαὶ . . καὶ ἔ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>516c</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">complimentary address, panegyric</b> (but distd. fr. <b class="b3">ἐγκώμιον</b>, as the general from the particular, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EE</span>1219b15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1367b27</span>); ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>260c</span>; λόγον εἰπεῖν ἔπαινον Ἔρωτος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>177d</span>; συντιθεὶς λόγον ἔ. κατά τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>260b</span>; οἱ κατὰ Δημοσθένους ἔ. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.50</span>; εἴς τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947c</span>; ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Plb.1.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.13.22</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.10.57</span>.</span>