ἐπαινέτης

epainetes

praiser, commender

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 4
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19

1227b19
Book III 2
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1233b17
1234b13
Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 1248b8–1249b25

1249a25
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book I 2
Chapter 12 1101b10–1102a4

1101b11
1101b30
Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20

1145b9
Topics 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 9 114a26–114b24

114b2
114b3
Book III 1
Chapter 1 116a3–117a4

116b39

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπαινέτης, ου, ὁ, A. praiser, commender, Hp. Acut. 6, Th. 2.41, Pl. R. 366e, Timocl. 8.9, etc.:—fem. ἐπαιν-έτις, ιδος, φιλοσοφία -έτις παμβασιλείας Them. Or. 18.219d. II. rhapsodist, Pl. Ion 536d; cf. ἐπαινέω IV.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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