ἐπαινετός

ἐπαινετός

See also: επαινετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπαινέω (epainéō, “praise”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pai̯.ne.tós/ → /e.pɛ.neˈtos/ → /e.pe.neˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pai̯.ne.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pɛ.neˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pɛ.neˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pe.neˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pe.neˈtos/

Adjective

ἐπαινετός • (epainetós) m (feminine ἐπαινετή, neuter ἐπαινετόν); first/second declension

1. to be praised, praiseworthy, laudable

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπαινετός; ἐπαινετή; ἐπαινετόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπαινετός epainetós	ἐπαινετή epainetḗ	ἐπαινετόν epainetón		ἐπαινετώ epainetṓ	ἐπαινετᾱ́ epainetā́	ἐπαινετώ epainetṓ		ἐπαινετοί epainetoí	ἐπαινεταί epainetaí	ἐπαινετᾰ́ epainetá
Genitive		ἐπαινετοῦ epainetoû	ἐπαινετῆς epainetês	ἐπαινετοῦ epainetoû		ἐπαινετοῖν epainetoîn	ἐπαινεταῖν epainetaîn	ἐπαινετοῖν epainetoîn		ἐπαινετῶν epainetôn	ἐπαινετῶν epainetôn	ἐπαινετῶν epainetôn
Dative		ἐπαινετῷ epainetôi	ἐπαινετῇ epainetêi	ἐπαινετῷ epainetôi		ἐπαινετοῖν epainetoîn	ἐπαινεταῖν epainetaîn	ἐπαινετοῖν epainetoîn		ἐπαινετοῖς epainetoîs	ἐπαινεταῖς epainetaîs	ἐπαινετοῖς epainetoîs
Accusative		ἐπαινετόν epainetón	ἐπαινετήν epainetḗn	ἐπαινετόν epainetón		ἐπαινετώ epainetṓ	ἐπαινετᾱ́ epainetā́	ἐπαινετώ epainetṓ		ἐπαινετούς epainetoús	ἐπαινετᾱ́ς epainetā́s	ἐπαινετᾰ́ epainetá
Vocative		ἐπαινετέ epaineté	ἐπαινετή epainetḗ	ἐπαινετόν epainetón		ἐπαινετώ epainetṓ	ἐπαινετᾱ́ epainetā́	ἐπαινετώ epainetṓ		ἐπαινετοί epainetoí	ἐπαινεταί epainetaí	ἐπαινετᾰ́ epainetá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπαινετῶς epainetôs				ἐπαινετώτερος epainetṓteros				ἐπαινετώτᾰτος epainetṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επαινετός (epainetós)

Further reading

• “ἐπαινετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπαινετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπαινετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commendable idem, page 147.
  • creditable idem, page 183.
  • laudable idem, page 478.
  • praiseworthy idem, page 631.