ἐπαινέω
ἐπαινέω
Epic imperf. ἐπῄνεον
fut. -έσω
or -έσομαι
poet. ήσω
poetic but not Attic are ἐπ-αινήσω, ἐπ-ῄνησα
aor1 ἐπῄνεσα
aor1 ἐπῄνησα
perf. ἐπῄνεκα
Pass., fut. -αινεθήσομαι
aor1 ἐπῃνέθην
to approve, applaud, commend, Lat. laudare, Hom., etc.; ἐπ. τινά τι to commend one for a thing, Aesch.
to compliment publicly, panegyrize, Thuc.
to undertake to do, c. inf., Eur.
the aor. ἐπῄνεσα is in Attic used in a pres. sense, ἐπῄνεσʼ ἔργον I commend it, Soph.: and absol., well done! Ar.
to recommend, exhort, advise, c. inf., Soph.
as a civil form of declining an offer, I thank you, I am much obliged, κάλλιστʼ, ἐπαινῶ Ar.; so, ἐπ. τὴν κλῆσιν to decline it, Xen.
of Rhapsodists, to declaim, Plat.