αἰνέω: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br />This is a Poet. and ionic Verb, [[while]] [[ἐπαινέω]] is used in Attic Prose<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[properly]], to [[tell]] or [[speak]] of (cf. [[αἶνος]]), Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[commonly]], to [[speak]] in [[praise]] of, [[praise]], Lat. [[laudo]], c. acc., Hom., Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[allow]], [[recommend]], Od.: c. inf. to [[recommend]] to do a [[thing]], Aesch.; also c. [[part]]., αἰνεῖν ἰόντα to [[commend]] one's [[going]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> like [[ἀγαπάω]], to be [[content]], [[acquiesce]], Eur.:—c. acc. rei, to be [[content]] with, [[acquiesce]] in, γάμον Pind., etc.; θῆσσαν τράπεζαν Eur.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[decline]] [[courteously]], Hes.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[promise]] or vow, τί τινι or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι Soph., Eur.