αἰνέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(cf. [[αἴνημι]], [[αἰνίζομαι]]), impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ᾔνουν E.''Hec.''1154, Ion. [[αἴνεον]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.73: fut. αἰνήσω Od.16.380, Thgn.1080, Pi.''N.''1.72; in Att. Poets always [[αἰνέσω]], as in Pi.''N.''7.63, Semon.7.112: aor. ᾔνησα Hom., opt. αἰνήσειε Simon.57.1; Dor. [[αἴνησα]] Pi.''P.''3.13; in Att. always [[ᾔνεσα]], Ion. [[αἴνεσα]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.113: pf. [[ᾔνεκα]] (ἐπ-) Isoc.12.207:—Med., fut. αἰνέσομαι (only in compds. <b class="b3">ἐπ-, παρ-</b>):—Pass., aor. part. [[αἰνεθείς]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.102: pf. [[ᾔνημαι]] (ἐπ-) Hp.''Acut.''51, Isoc.12.233.—Poet. and Ion. Verb, very rare in good Att. Prose ([[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 404d, ''Lg.''952c), [[ἐπαινέω]] being used instead:—properly, [[tell]], [[speak of]], A.''Ag.''98,1482 (both lyr.), ''Ch.''192; <b class="b3">σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ</b> [[report]]s of you as [[honest]], Herod. 4.47.<br><span class="bld">II</span> usually [[praise]], [[approve]], opp. [[νεικέω]], [[ψέγω]], Il.10.249, Thgn. 612, etc.; ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις Arist.''Fr.''673:—Pass., ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.102; ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἐσθλοῖς Theoc. 16.15.<br><span class="bld">b</span> especially in religious sense, [[glorify]] [[God]], [[LXX]] ''1 Ch.''16.4, ''Ev.Luc.''2.13, ''PMag.Par.''1.1146, al.:—also c. dat., <b class="b3">τῷ κυρίῳ, τῷ θεῷ</b>, [[LXX]] ''1 Ch.''16.36, ''Apoc.''19.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[approve]], [[advise]], [[recommend]] Od. 16.380,403: c. inf., [[recommend]] to do a thing, euphemism for [[κελεύω]], A.''Ch.''555,715: c. part., <b class="b3">αἰνεῖν ἰόντα</b> to [[commend]] one's going, Id.''Pers.''643:—<b class="b3">ὦ δεινὸν αἶνον αἰνέσας</b> [[giver]] of [[dire]] [[counsel]], S.''Ph.''1380:—c. acc. rei, to [[be content with]], [[acquiesce in]], γάμον Pi.''P.''3.13, cf. ''N.''1.72, A.''Eu.''469, ''Supp.''902,1070 (lyr.), E.''Med.''1157; θῆσσαν τράπεζαν αἰνέσαι Id.''Alc.''2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[praise]], with collateral sense, [[decline courteously]], νῇ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ' ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι Hes.''Op.''643 (cf. Plu. 2.22f), cf. S.''Fr.''109; but, [[thank]], cj.in E.''Supp.''388.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., [[approve]], ὁ [[δᾶμος]] αἰνεῖ ''IG''9(1).119 (Locr.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> to [[promise]] or [[vow]], <b class="b3">τινί τι</b> or <b class="b3">τινὶ ποιεῖν τι</b>, S.''Ph.''1398, E.''Alc.''12.