ἔπαινος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[approval]], [[praise]], [[commendation]], Simon.4.3, Pi.''Fr.''181; ἔ. ἔχειν πρός τινος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.96; πολλῷ ἐχρᾶτο τῷ ἐ. Id.3.3: freq. in Trag. and Att., ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος S.''Ant.''665, etc.; <b class="b3">κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα</b> [[merit]]ing [[praise]], ib. 817; ἔπαινον [[ἐπαινεῖν]] Pl.''La.''181b: pl., [[praises]], S.''OC''720, ''El.''976, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.33; τιμαὶ . . καὶ ἔ. Pl.''R.''516c, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[complimentary address]], [[panegyric]] (but distinguished from [[ἐγκώμιον]], as the general from the particular, Arist.''EE''1219b15, ''Rh.''1367b27); ἔπαινον ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 260c; λόγον εἰπεῖν ἔπαινον Ἔρωτος Id.''Smp.''177d; συντιθεὶς λόγον ἔ. κατά τινος Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''260b; οἱ κατὰ Δημοσθένους ἔπαινοι Aeschin.3.50; εἴς τινα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''947c; ὑπέρ τινος Plb.1.1.1, D.S.13.22, D.H.10.57.