ἐπαινέω
Infl. epic imperf. ἐπῄνεον
Infl. fut. -έσω
Infl. or -έσομαι
Infl. poet. ήσω
Etym. poetic but not Attic are ἐπ-αινήσω, ἐπ-ῄνησα
Infl. aor1 ἐπῄνεσα
Infl. aor1 ἐπῄνησα
Infl. perf. ἐπῄνεκα
Infl. Pass., fut. -αινεθήσομαι
Infl. aor1 ἐπῃνέθην
I. "to approve, applaud, commend", Lat. laudare, Hom., etc.; ἐπ. τινά τι "to commend" one "for" a thing, Aesch.
2. "to compliment publicly, panegyrize", Thuc.
3. "to undertake to do", c. inf., Eur.
4. the aor. ἐπῄνεσα is in attic used in a pres. sense, ἐπῄνεσ᾽ ἔργον "I commend" it, Soph.: and absol., "well done!" Ar.
II. "to recommend, exhort, advise", c. inf., Soph.
III. as a civil form of declining an offer, "I thank you, I am much obliged", κάλλιστ᾽, ἐπαινῶ Ar.; so, ἐπ. τὴν κλῆσιν "to decline" it, Xen.
IV. of Rhapsodists, "to declaim", Plat.