# αἰνέω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* αἰνῶ (ainô) — Attic
* αἴνημῐ (aínēmĭ) — Aeolic
* αἰνίζομαι (ainízomai)

### Etymology

From αἶνος (aînos) +‎ -έω (-éō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ai̯.né.ɔː/ → /ɛˈne.o/ → /eˈne.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ai̯.né.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ɛˈne.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ɛˈne.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /eˈne.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /eˈne.o/

### Verb

αἰνέω • (ainéō) (poetic, Ionic)
* (transitive) to tell of, speak of
** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1481:ἦ μέγαν οἰκονόμον δαίμονα καὶ βαρύμηνιν αἰνεῖςê mégan oikonómon daímona kaì barúmēnin aineîsTruly you speak of a mighty fiend, haunting the house, and heavy in his wrath
** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 192:ἐγὼ δ’ ὅπως μὲν ἄντικρυς τάδ’ αἰνέσωegṑ d’ hópōs mèn ántikrus tád’ ainésōBut how will I speak of this outright?
** (transitive) to praise, approve
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.249:‘Τυδεΐδη μήτ’ ἄρ με μάλ’ αἴνεε μῆτέ τι νείκει‘Tudeḯdē mḗt’ ár me mál’ aínee mêté ti neíkeiSon of Tydeus, praise me not over-much, neither blame me in aught
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.102.3:ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω τοῦ Κηίου πολλὰ αἰνεθένταhupò Simōnídeō toû Kēíou pollà ainethéntagreatly praised by Simonides of Ceos
*** (Christianity, transitive) to praise, glorify
**** New Testament, Revelation 19:5:Αἰνεῖτε τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦAineîte tôi theôi hēmôn, pántes hoi doûloi autoûGive praise to our god, all you his servants
** (transitive) to approve, advise, recommend
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 16.403:εἰ μέν κ’ αἰνήσωσι Διὸς μεγάλοιο θέμιστεςei mén k’ ainḗsōsi Diòs megáloio thémistesif the oracles of great Zeus approve
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 555:αἰνῶ δὲ κρύπτειν τάσδε συνθήκας ἐμάςainô dè krúptein tásde sunthḗkas emásI recommend her to keep this pact with me concealed
** (transitive) to promise or vow

#### Derived terms

* Αἰνεσίδημος (Ainesídēmos)
* αἴνεσῐς (aínesĭs)
* αἰνετήρῐος (ainetḗrĭos)
* αἰνετής (ainetḗs)
* αἰνετός (ainetós)
* αἴνη (aínē)
* αἴνησῐς (aínēsĭs)
* αἰνητός (ainētós)
* δῐαινέω (dĭainéō)
* ἐπαινέω (epainéō)
* ἔπαινος (épainos)
* κᾰταινέω (kătainéō)
* πᾰραινέω (părainéō)
* πολῠ́αινος (polŭ́ainos)
* σῠναινέω (sŭnainéō)
* σῠ́ναινος (sŭ́nainos)

#### Related terms

* αἶνος (aînos)

#### References

* “αἰνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “αἰνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “αἰνέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* αἰνέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* αἰνέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* αἰνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “αἰνέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G134 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* αἰνέω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011