αἰνέω

αἰνέω (cf. αἴνημι, αἰνίζομαι), [tense] impf.

A

ᾔνουν E.Hec.1154

, [dialect] Ion.

αἴνεον Hdt.3.73

: [tense] fut.

αἰνήσω Od.16.380

, Thgn.1080, Pi.N.1.72; in [dialect] Att. Poets always αἰνέσω, as in Pi.N.7.63, Semon.7.112: [tense] aor.

ᾔνησα Hom.

, opt.

αἰνήσειε Simon.57.1

; [dialect] Dor.

αἴνησα Pi.P.3.13

; in [dialect] Att. always ᾔνεσα, [dialect] Ion.

αἴνεσα Hdt.5.113

: [tense] pf.ᾔνεκα ([etym.] ἐπ-) Isoc.12.207:— [voice] Med., [tense] fut. αἰνέσομαι (only in compds. ἐπ-, παρ-):—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. part.

αἰνεθείς Hdt.5.102

: [tense] pf.ᾔνημαι ([etym.] ἐπ-) Hp.Acut.51, Isoc.12.233.—Poet. and [dialect] Ion. Verb, very rare in good [dialect] Att. Prose (Pl.R.404d, Lg.952c), ἐπαινέω being used instead:—properly, tell, speak of, A.Ag.98,1482 (both lyr.), Ch.192; σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ reports of you as honest, Herod. 4.47.

II usu. praise, approve, opp. νεικέω, ψέγω, Il.10.249, Thgn. 612, etc.;

ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις Arist.Fr.673

:— [voice] Pass.,

ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς Hdt.5.102

;

ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἐσθλοῖς Theoc. 16.15

.

b esp. in religious sense, glorify God, LXX 1 Ch.16.4, Ev.Luc.2.13, PMag.Par.1.1146, al.:—also c. dat., τῷ κυρίῳ, τῷ θεῷ, LXX 1 Ch.16.36, Apoc.19.5.

2 approve, advise, recommend Od. 16.380,403: c. inf., recommend to do a thing, euphem. for κελεύω, A.Ch.555,715 : c. part., αἰνεῖν ἰόντα to commend one's going, Id.Pers.643:—ὦ δεινὸν αἶνον αἰνέσας giver of dire counsel, S.Ph.1380:— c. acc. rei, to be content with, acquiesce in,

γάμον Pi.P.3.13

, cf. N.1.72, A.Eu.469, Supp.902,1070 (lyr.), E.Med.1157;

θῆσσαν τράπεζαν αἰνέσαι Id.Alc.2

.

3 praise, with collateral sense, decline courteously,

νῇ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ' ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι Hes.Op.643

(cf. Plu. 2.22f), cf. S.Fr.109; but, thank, cj.in E.Supp.388.

4 abs., approve,

ὁ δᾶμος αἰνεῖ IG9(1).119

([dialect] Locr.).

III to promise or vow, τινί τι or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι, S.Ph.1398, E.Alc.12.