αἰνέω
I (cf. αἴνημι, αἰνίζομαι), impf. ᾔνουν E. Hec. 1154, Ion. αἴνεον Hdt. 3.73: fut. αἰνήσω Od. 16.380, Thgn. 1080, Pi. N. 1.72; in Att. Poets always αἰνέσω, as in Pi. N. 7.63, Semon. 7.112: aor. ᾔνησα Hom., opt. αἰνήσειε Simon. 57.1; Dor. αἴνησα Pi. P. 3.13; in Att. always ᾔνεσα, Ion. αἴνεσα Hdt. 5.113: pf. ᾔνεκα (ἐπ-) Isoc. 12.207: - Med., fut. αἰνέσομαι (only in compds. ἐπ-, παρ-): - Pass., aor. part. αἰνεθείς Hdt. 5.102: pf. ᾔνημαι (ἐπ-) Hp. Acut. 51, Isoc. 12.233. - Poet. and Ion. Verb, very rare in good Att. Prose (Pl. R. 404d, Lg. 952c), ἐπαινέω being used instead: - properly, tell, speak of, A. Ag. 98, 1482 (both lyr.), Ch. 192; σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ reports of you as honest, Herod. 4.47.
II usu.
1. praise, approve, opp. ϝεικέω, ψέγω, Il. 10.249, Thgn. 612, etc.; ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ’ αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις Arist. Fr. 673: - Pass., ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς Hdt. 5.102; ἐπ’ ἔργμασιν ἐσθλοῖς Theoc. 16.15. esp. in religious sense, glorify God, LXX [1Ch 16:4], [Luk 2:13], PMag.Par. 1.1146, al.: - also c. dat., τῷ κυρίῳ, τῷ θεῷ, LXX [1Ch 16:36], [Rev 19:5].
2. approve, advise, recommend Od. 16.380, 403: c. inf., recommend to do a thing, euphem. for κελεύω, A. Ch. 555, 715: c. part., αἰνεῖν ἰόντα to commend one’s going, Id. Pers. 643: - ὦ δεινὸν αἶνον αἰνέσας giver of dire counsel, S. Ph. 1380: - c. acc. rei, to be content with, acquiesce in, γάμον Pi. P. 3.13, cf. N. 1.72, A. Eu. 469, Supp. 902, 1070 (lyr.), E. Med. 1157; θῆσσαν τράπεζαν αἰνέσαι Id. Alc. 2.
3. praise, with collateral sense, decline courteously, νῇ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ’ ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι Hes. Op. 643 (cf. Plu. 2.22f), cf. S. Fr. 109; but, thank, cj.in E. Supp. 388.
4. abs., approve, ὁ δᾶμος αἰνεῖ IG 9(1).119 (Locr.).
III to promise or vow, τινί τι or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι, S. Ph. 1398, E. Alc. 12.
G134 — αἰνέω
(ῶ; (found in secular authors of every age (only twice in good Attic prose (where ἐπαινέω παραινέω. etc, take its place), Veitch), but especially frequent in the Sept. and the Apocrypha of the O. T.; from αἶνος); to praise, extol: τόν Θεόν, [Luk 2:13], [Luk 2:20]; [Luk 19:37]; [Luk 24:53] (WH omit; Tr text brackets); [Act 2:47]; [Act 3:8]; [Rom 15:11]; with the dative of person, τῷ Θεῷ, to sing praises in honor of God, [Rev 19:5] L T Tr WH, as the Sept. in [2Ch 7:3] (for (לְ הודָה), [1Ch 16:36]; [1Ch 23:5]; [Jer 20:13] etc. (for לְ הִלֵּל); (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153). Compare: ἐπαινέω, παραινέω.)
αἰνέω , - ῶ
( < αἶνος ), poët., Ion , and late prose ( MM , VGT , s.v. ) for cl . ἐπαινέω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1984, H3034;]
to praise: c . acc , τ . θεόν , [Luk 2:13]; [Luk 2:20]; [Luk 19:37]; [Luk 24:53], [Act 2:47]; [Act 3:8-9], [Rom 15:11]; c . dat ., τ . θεῷ ([Jer 20:13], al. for H1984; v. Field, Notes , 245), [Rev 19:5]. †
SYN.: ἐξομολογέω G1843, εὐλογέω G2127, εὐχαριστέω G2168, μακαρίζω G3106 ( v. DCG, i, 211).