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ἐπαινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαινός

Sense

  1. dread

Examples

  • δόξα καὶ ἔπαινοσ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἰσχὺσ καὶ καύχημα ἐν τόπῳ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 16:27)
  • σὺ δὲ ἐν ἁγίῳ κατοικεῖσ, ὁ ἔπαινοσ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:4)
  • παρὰ σοῦ ὁ ἔπαινόσ μου ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ μεγάλῃ, τὰσ εὐχάσ μου ἀποδώσω ἐνώπιον τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:26)
  • ἰατρῶν γὰρ ἂν μᾶλλον ὁ ἔπαινοσ εἰή, οἷσ ἀνάγκη εἰδέναι ταῦτα, ὡσ καὶ ἀμύνασθαι αὐτὰ μετὰ τῆσ τέχνησ ἔχοιεν· (Lucian, Dipsades 14:2)
  • ἡ δ’ ἀμοιβὴ οὐκ ἔπαινοσ τοῦ οἴκου μόνον ‐ τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ἴσωσ ἐκείνῳ τῷ νησιώτῃ μειρακίῳ ἔπρεπε, τὴν Μενελάου οἰκίαν ὑπερεκπεπλῆχθαι καὶ πρὸσ τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ καλὰ τὸν ἐλέφαντα καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν αὐτῆσ ἀπεικάζειν, ἅτε μηδὲν ἐν γῇ καλόν τι ἄλλο ἑωρακότι ‐ ‐ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τοὺσ βελτίστουσ συγκαλέσαντα λόγων ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσασθαι μέροσ τοῦ ἐπαίνου καὶ τοῦτο γένοιτο ἄν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. dread

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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