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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

  • ἐπαινετοῖσ ὁ σπουδαῖοσ φαίνεται ἑαυτῷ τοῦ καλοῦ πλέον νέμων. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 102:1)
  • ταὐτὸν δὴ καὶ τὸν ποιητικὸν ὁ ὀρθὸσ νομοθέτησ ἐν τοῖσ καλοῖσ ῥήμασι καὶ ἐπαινετοῖσ πείσει τε, καὶ ἀναγκάσει μὴ πείθων, τὰ τῶν σωφρόνων τε καὶ ἀνδρείων καὶ πάντωσ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔν τε ῥυθμοῖσ σχήματα καὶ ἐν ἁρμονίαισιν μέλη ποιοῦντα ὀρθῶσ ποιεῖν. (Plato, Laws, book 2 47:1)

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