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ἐγκωμιάζω

egkomiazo

praise, laud, extol

Appears 58 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγκωμιάζω, impf. ἐνεκωμίαζον Aeschin. 3.86: fut. -άσω Pl. Grg. 518e, 519a, Isoc. 12.111, but -άσομαι Pl. Smp. 198d, Aeschin. 1.33: aor. ἐνεκωμίασα Pl. La. 191b: pf. ἐγκεκωμίακα Id. Lg. 629c, Isoc. 7.71: —Pass., aor. ἐγκωμιασθείς Hdt. 5.5: pf. ἐγκεκωμίασμαι Pl. Smp. 177c (the tenses being formed as if the Verb were a compound of ἐν and *κωμιάζω, and not derived directly from ἐγκώμιος):—Α. praise, laud, extol, c. dupl. acc., ταῦτα τὴν δικαιοσύνην Id. R. 363d; τινὰ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ Id. Euthphr. 9b; κατὰ τοῦτο Id. La. 191b; περὶ τὴν μάχην Id. Tht. 142b; τὴν τέχνην τινός Id. Grg. 448e: abs., Phld. Herc. 1457.8:—Pass., to be praised, Hdt. 5.5, Pl. Smp. 181a; to be said in panegyric, Phld. Herc. 1457 Fr. 14, etc.
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