αἶνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[αἰνέω]]) poet. and Ion. word, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tale]], [[story]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.652</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.508</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>534</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">αἰνεῖν αἶνον</b> to tell [[a tale]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1483</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1380</span>: esp. [[story with moral]], [[fable]], <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>202</span>, <span class="bibl">Archil.86</span>,<span class="bibl">89</span>; ἄκουε δὴ τὸν αἶνον <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.211</span>: generally, [[saying]], [[proverb]], παλαιὸς αἶ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>508</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.43</span>; [[riddle]], <span class="bibl">Carm.Pop.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = Att. [[ἔπαινος]], [[praise]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.795</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.110</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.6</span>; ἐπιτύμβιος αἶ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1547</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">780</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>707</span> (all lyr.); ἄξιος αἴνου μεγάλου <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.107</span> (v.l. [[ἐπαίνου]]), cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>8.2</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>18.43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[decree]], [[resolution]], τῶν Ἀχαιῶν <span class="title">IG</span>4.926 (Epid.); <b class="b3">κατ' αἶνον</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ ψήφισμα</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>672.15 (Delph.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>36.16</span>.</span>