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|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ηὐδοκίμουν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 515e: aor. ηὐδοκίμησα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.1.46, D.7.20: pf. ηὐδοκίμηκα Ar.''Nu.'' 1031: the augm. is omitted in Ion., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.131, 7.227, and freq. in codd. of Att., etc., as Ar. [[l.c.]], X.''HG''6.1.2, etc.:—to [[be of good repute]], [[be highly esteemed]], [[be popular]], Thgn.587, E.''Fr.''546 (lyr.), Ar. [[l.c.]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' [[l.c.]], etc.; <b class="b3">εὐ. ἐνθυμήματι</b> [[gain credit by]]... X.''HG''4.5.4; <b class="b3">εὐ. ἔν τινι</b> to [[be distinguished]] in a thing, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.59, Th.2.37; ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν Pl.''Hp.Ma.''291a, cf. Isoc.3.30; ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων D.''Prooem''9; τὰ ἄλλα D.C.60.8; περί τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 368a, etc.; παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἔκ τινος Isoc.11.28, cf. Plu. ''Dio''34; ἀπό τινων Eus.Mynd.55; <b class="b3">ἀπ' ἀρετῆς ἐκ γένους ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ προστυχόντος εὐ.</b> D.C. ''Fr.''57.48; ἐς φήμην Id.''Fr.''54.7; εὐ. μάλιστα τῶν Πρωταγόρου μαθητῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 315a; διὰ πάντων τῶν βασιλέων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.63; <b class="b3">εὐδοκιμέω παρὰ βασιλέϊ</b> to [[have influence]] with him, Id.8.87, cf. Lys. 25.24, etc.:—later in Med., ''Com.Adesp.''110.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[wine]], meats, etc., to [[be highly esteemed]], [[popular]], εὐ. σφόδρα Alex.282, cf. Philem. 122; <b class="b3">σκῶπες σφόδρα εὐ</b>., i.e. their flesh, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''618a3; so of things generally, θεάματα κατὰ τὰς τέχνας εὐδοκιμοῦντα Isoc.4.45, cf. 9.11; παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι εὐδοκιμῶν νόμος D.21.50, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1181a16; of popular arguments, Id.''Rh.''1400b25; of physicians and medical treatments, Gal.10.390, Herod. Med. in ''Rh.Mus.''58.112; ἐκ τούτων ἡ νῦν εὐ. σοφία ''AP''11.157 (Ammian.):—also in Pass., ἀκρόαμα εὐδοκιμούμενον Plu. ''Galb.''16; to [[be recognized]], [[be approved]], PTeb.25.16 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> of money, to [[be genuine]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''43.23.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Med., [[hold in honour]], D.S.4.24 codd. [[εὐδοκίμησις]], εως, ἡ, [[good repute]], [[reputation]], [[credit]], mostly in plural, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 358a, 363a, Luc.''Pisc.''25: sg., Them.''Or.''29.347c.