ἐπαινετικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπαινετός (epainetós, “praiseworthy”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pai̯.ne.ti.kós/ → /e.pɛ.ne.tiˈkos/ → /e.pe.ne.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pai̯.ne.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pɛ.ne.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pɛ.ne.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pe.ne.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pe.ne.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐπαινετῐκός • (epainetikós) m (feminine ἐπαινετῐκή, neuter ἐπαινετῐκόν); first/second declension

1. given to praising, laudatory

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπαινετικός; ἐπαινετική; ἐπαινετικόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπαινετικός epainetikós	ἐπαινετική epainetikḗ	ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón		ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ	ἐπαινετικᾱ́ epainetikā́	ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ		ἐπαινετικοί epainetikoí	ἐπαινετικαί epainetikaí	ἐπαινετικᾰ́ epainetiká
Genitive		ἐπαινετικοῦ epainetikoû	ἐπαινετικῆς epainetikês	ἐπαινετικοῦ epainetikoû		ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn	ἐπαινετικαῖν epainetikaîn	ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn		ἐπαινετικῶν epainetikôn	ἐπαινετικῶν epainetikôn	ἐπαινετικῶν epainetikôn
Dative		ἐπαινετικῷ epainetikôi	ἐπαινετικῇ epainetikêi	ἐπαινετικῷ epainetikôi		ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn	ἐπαινετικαῖν epainetikaîn	ἐπαινετικοῖν epainetikoîn		ἐπαινετικοῖς epainetikoîs	ἐπαινετικαῖς epainetikaîs	ἐπαινετικοῖς epainetikoîs
Accusative		ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón	ἐπαινετικήν epainetikḗn	ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón		ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ	ἐπαινετικᾱ́ epainetikā́	ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ		ἐπαινετικούς epainetikoús	ἐπαινετικᾱ́ς epainetikā́s	ἐπαινετικᾰ́ epainetiká
Vocative		ἐπαινετικέ epainetiké	ἐπαινετική epainetikḗ	ἐπαινετικόν epainetikón		ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ	ἐπαινετικᾱ́ epainetikā́	ἐπαινετικώ epainetikṓ		ἐπαινετικοί epainetikoí	ἐπαινετικαί epainetikaí	ἐπαινετικᾰ́ epainetiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπαινετικῶς epainetikôs				ἐπαινετικότερος epainetikóteros				ἐπαινετικότᾰτος epainetikótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: epænetic

Further reading

• “ἐπαινετικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπαινετικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette