Ἐπῄνεον
they were praising
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Oct 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they were assenting.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπῄνεον· συγκατετίθεντο.
Betacode
*)eph/|neon: sugkateti/qento.
Notes
- The headword is the uncontracted imperfect of
e)paine/w , third person plural. The gloss is from the scholia on Homer, Iliad 4.380, where it occurs.
See also epsilon 2056, epsilon 2187, epsilon 2190, epsilon 2295.
Linked from5 entries
- ε2056Ἐπενήνεονwere piling on, were piling up[Meaning they] were putting in with.
- ε2187Ἐπῄνειwas praising, was approving[Meaning he/she/it] was receiving favorably, was assenting. "The deity did not approve what was being done by the king/emperor."
- ε2188Ἐπῃνηκέναιto have praised[Meaning] to praise. [Formed] out of the [verb] e)painw= ["I praise"]. And the perfect tense [is] e)ph/|nhka ["I have praised"], and [the perfect infinitive is] e)ph|nhke/nai ["to have praised"].
- ε2190Ἐπῄνουνthey were praising[Meaning] they were assenting.
- ε2295Ἐπὶ δ' ᾔνεονthey were praising[Meaning] they were praising, they were assenting.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Jan 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference, raised status — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth