ἔπαινος

See also: ἐπαινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-, “on”) +‎ αἰνέω (ainéō, “tell”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pai̯.nos/ → /ˈe.pɛ.nos/ → /ˈe.pe.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pai̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pɛ.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pɛ.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pe.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pe.nos/

Noun

ἔπαινος • (épainos) m (genitive ἐπαίνου); second declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. (uncountable) approval, praise
   • 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, 4 3
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 181
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.96.3:

     ἔπαινον εἶχε οὐκ ὀλίγον πρὸς τῶν πολιητέων

     épainon eîkhe ouk olígon pròs tôn poliētéōn

     he had not a little approval from [literally “towards”] the citizens

2. (countable) an expression of praise; a speech praising someone
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1219b.15
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 260c
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 177d

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἔπαινος; τοῦ ἐπαίνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔπαινος ho épainos	τὼ ἐπαίνω tṑ epaínō	οἱ ἔπαινοι hoi épainoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπαίνου toû epaínou	τοῖν ἐπαίνοιν toîn epaínoin	τῶν ἐπαίνων tôn epaínōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπαίνῳ tôi epaínōi	τοῖν ἐπαίνοιν toîn epaínoin	τοῖς ἐπαίνοις toîs epaínois
Accusative	τὸν ἔπαινον tòn épainon	τὼ ἐπαίνω tṑ epaínō	τοὺς ἐπαίνους toùs epaínous
Vocative	ἔπαινε épaine	ἐπαίνω epaínō	ἔπαινοι épainoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔπαινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press