αἶνος: Difference between revisions

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