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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

  • ἐπαινετὸν γὰρ ὑπέκειτο ἡ ἀρετὴ ἢ τὸ ἔργον, ταῦτα δ’ οὐκ ἐνεργεῖ, ἀλλ’ εἰσὶν αὐτῶν ἐνέργειαι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 34:3)
  • διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ψεκτὸν ἡ κακία καὶ ἡ ἀρετὴ ἐπαινετόν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 213:4)
  • καὶ γὰρ τὸ ὀρθῶσ κρῖναι τὰ μεγάλα καὶ μικρὰ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐπαινετόν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 95:2)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὑγίεια ἐπαινετόν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 52:2)
  • "τἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν, τὸ δ’ αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν, τὸ δ’ ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν, τὸ δ’ ἐπαινετὸν καλόν· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 13 16:1)
  • "’ εἶτα ἐφέροντο ἐν ἀγγείοισ ψιττακοὶ καὶ ταῲ καὶ μελεαγρίδεσ καὶ φασιανοὶ καὶ ὄρνιθεσ Αἰθιοπικοὶ πλήθει πολλοί Ἀρτεμίδωροσ δὲ ὁ Ἀριστοφάνειοσ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπιγραφομέναισ Ὀψαρτυτικαῖσ Γλώσσαισ καὶ Πάμφιλοσ ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεὺσ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ ὀνομάτων καὶ γλωσσῶν Ἐπαίνετον παρατίθεται λέγοντα ἐν τῷ Ὀψαρτυτικῷ ὅτι ὁ φασιανὸσ ὄρνισ τατύρασ καλεῖται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 3727)

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