αἰνέω

A. ᾔνουν E. Hec. 1154, Ion. αἴνεον Hdt. 3.73: fut. αἰνήσω Od. 16.380, Thgn. 1080, Pi. N. 1.72; in Att. Poets always αἰνέσω, as in Pi. N. 7.63, Semon. 7.112: aor. ᾔνησα Hom., opt. αἰνήσειε Simon. 57.1; Dor. αἴνησα Pi. P. 3.13; in Att. always ᾔνεσα, Ion. αἴνεσα Hdt. 5.113: pf. ᾔνεκα(ἐπ‐) Isoc. 12.207:— Med., fut. αἰνέσομαι (only in compds. ἐπ‐, παρ‐):—Pass., aor. part. αἰνεθείς Hdt. 5.102: pf. ᾔνημαι(ἐπ‐) Hp. Acut. 51, Isoc. 12.233.—Poet. and Ion. Verb, very rare in good 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. vεικέω, ψέγω, Il. 10.249, Thgn. 612, etc.; ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ’ αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις Arist. Fr. 673:— 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 IG 9(1).119 (Locr.).

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