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ἐπαινετός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαινετός ἐπαινετή ἐπαινετόν

Structure: ἐπαινετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)paine/w

Sense

  1. to be praised, praiseworthy, laudable

Examples

  • πᾶσαι δ’ αὗται αἱ μεσότητεσ ἐπαινεταὶ μέν, οὐκ εἰσὶ δ’ ἀρεταί, οὐδ’ αἱ ἐναντίαι κακίαι· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 140:1)
  • ταῦτα γάρ ἐστιν ἀφ’ ὧν αἵ τε πράξεισ εἰσὶν ἐπαινεταὶ καὶ αὐτὰ ἐπαινετά, δικαιοσύνη καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ αἱ πράξεισ, καὶ οἱ σώφρονεσ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 51:5)
  • καὶ γὰρ αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν μὲν καλῶν ἐπαινεταί, τῶν δ’ αἰσχρῶν ψεκταί. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 63:3)
  • Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἰδιῶται οὐ κάρτα γιγνώσκουσι τοὺσ ἐσ ταῦτα διαφέροντασ τῶν πέλασ, ἑτεροίων τε μᾶλλον ἰημάτων ἐπαινέται καὶ ψέκται εἰσίν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 2.5)
  • εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ ^ μὴ ψεύδεσθ’ ὅτι γαστρὸσ ἐπαινέται εἰσὶν ἀθληταί· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1681)

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