αἰνέω
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Ancient Greek
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.né.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈne.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈne.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈne.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈne.o/
Verb
[edit]αἰνέω • (ainéō) (poetic, Ionic)
- (transitive) to tell of, speak of
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 192:
- ἐγὼ δ’ ὅπως μὲν ἄντικρυς τάδ’ αἰνέσω
- egṑ d’ hópōs mèn ántikrus tád’ ainésō
- But how will I speak of this outright?
- ἐγὼ δ’ ὅπως μὲν ἄντικρυς τάδ’ αἰνέσω
- (transitive) to praise, approve
- (Christianity, transitive) to praise, glorify
- New Testament, Revelation 19:5:
- Αἰνεῖτε τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ
- Aineîte tôi theôi hēmôn, pántes hoi doûloi autoû
- Give praise to our god, all you his servants
- Αἰνεῖτε τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ
- (transitive) to approve, advise, recommend
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 555:
- αἰνῶ δὲ κρύπτειν τάσδε συνθήκας ἐμάς
- ainô dè krúptein tásde sunthḗkas emás
- I recommend her to keep this pact with me concealed
- αἰνῶ δὲ κρύπτειν τάσδε συνθήκας ἐμάς
- (transitive) to promise or vow
Inflection
[edit] Present: αἰνέω, αἰνέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾔνεον | ᾔνεες | ᾔνεε(ν) | ᾐνέετον | ᾐνεέτην | ᾐνέομεν | ᾐνέετε | ᾔνεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾐνεόμην | ᾐνέου | ᾐνέετο | ᾐνέεσθον | ᾐνεέσθην | ᾐνεόμεθᾰ | ᾐνέεσθε | ᾐνέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾔνουν | ᾔνεις | ᾔνει | ᾐνεῖτον | ᾐνείτην | ᾐνοῦμεν | ᾐνεῖτε | ᾔνουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ᾐνούμην | ᾐνοῦ | ᾐνεῖτο | ᾐνεῖσθον | ᾐνείσθην | ᾐνούμεθᾰ | ᾐνεῖσθε | ᾐνοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | αἴνεον | αἴνεες | αἴνεε(ν) | αἰνέετον | αἰνεέτην | αἰνέομεν | αἰνέετε | αἴνεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | αἰνεόμην | αἰνέου | αἰνέετο | αἰνέεσθον | αἰνεέσθην | αἰνεόμεθᾰ | αἰνέεσθε | αἰνέοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | αἰνήσω | αἰνήσεις | αἰνήσει | αἰνήσετον | αἰνήσετον | αἰνήσομεν | αἰνήσετε | αἰνήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | αἰνήσοιμῐ | αἰνήσοισ(θᾰ) | αἰνήσοι | αἰνήσοιτον | αἰνησοίτην | αἰνήσοιμεν | αἰνήσοιτε | αἰνήσοιεν | |||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | αἰνήσειν/αἰνησέμεν(αι)/αἰνησμέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | αἰνήσων | |||||||||||
f | αἰνήσουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | αἰνῆσον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- αἶνος (aînos)
References
[edit]- “αἰνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἰνέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰνέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰνέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἰνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “αἰνέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G134 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible