ἐπαινετικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπαινετός (epainetós, “praiseworthy”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pai̯.ne.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pɛ.ne.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pɛ.ne.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pe.ne.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pe.ne.tiˈkos/
Adjective
ἐπαινετῐκός • (epainetikós) m (feminine ἐπαινετῐκή, neuter ἐπαινετῐκόν); first/second declension
- given to praising, laudatory
Inflection
First and second declension of ἐπαινετικός; ἐπαινετική; ἐπαινετικόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐπαινετικός epainetikós | ἐπαινετική epainetikḗ | ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón | ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ | ἐπαινετικᾱ́ epainetikā́ | ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ | ἐπαινετικοί epainetikoí | ἐπαινετικαί epainetikaí | ἐπαινετικᾰ́ epainetiká | |||||
Genitive | ἐπαινετικοῦ epainetikoû | ἐπαινετικῆς epainetikês | ἐπαινετικοῦ epainetikoû | ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn | ἐπαινετικαῖν epainetikaîn | ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn | ἐπαινετικῶν epainetikôn | ἐπαινετικῶν epainetikôn | ἐπαινετικῶν epainetikôn | |||||
Dative | ἐπαινετικῷ epainetikôi | ἐπαινετικῇ epainetikêi | ἐπαινετικῷ epainetikôi | ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn | ἐπαινετικαῖν epainetikaîn | ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn | ἐπαινετικοῖς epainetikoîs | ἐπαινετικαῖς epainetikaîs | ἐπαινετικοῖς epainetikoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón | ἐπαινετικήν epainetikḗn | ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón | ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ | ἐπαινετικᾱ́ epainetikā́ | ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ | ἐπαινετικούς epainetikoús | ἐπαινετικᾱ́ς epainetikā́s | ἐπαινετικᾰ́ epainetiká | |||||
Vocative | ἐπαινετικέ epainetiké | ἐπαινετική epainetikḗ | ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón | ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ | ἐπαινετικᾱ́ epainetikā́ | ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ | ἐπαινετικοί epainetikoí | ἐπαινετικαί epainetikaí | ἐπαινετικᾰ́ epainetiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐπαινετικῶς epainetikôs | ἐπαινετικότερος epainetikóteros | ἐπαινετικότᾰτος epainetikótatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: epænetic
Further reading
- “ἐπαινετικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπαινετικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette