ἔπαινος
epainos
approval, praise, commendation
Appears 35 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔπαινος, ὁ, A. approval, praise, commendation, 4.3, Fr. 181; ἔ. ἔχειν πρός τινος 1.96; πολλῷ ἐχρᾶτο τῷ ἐ. 3.3: freq. in Trag. and Att., ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος Ant. 665, etc.; κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα meriting praise, ib. 817; ἔπαινον ἐπαινεῖν La. 181b: pl., praises, OC 720, El. 976, Mem. 2.1.33; τιμαὶ . . καὶ ἔ. R. 516c, etc. 2. complimentary address, panegyric (but distd. fr. ἐγκώμιον, as the general from the particular, EE 1219b15, Rh. 1367b27); ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Phdr. 260c; λόγον εἰπεῖν ἔπαινον Ἔρωτος Smp. 177d; συντιθεὶς λόγον ἔ. κατά τινος Phdr. 260b; οἱ κατὰ Δημοσθένους ἔ. 3.50; εἴς τινα Lg. 947c; ὑπέρ τινος 1.1.1, 13.22, 10.57.
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