ἐπαινέω (epaineo): all forms
ἐπαινέω means “praise, approve”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐπαινῶ | ἐπαινῶ | ἐπαινοίην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐπαινεῖς | ἐπαινῇς | ἐπαινοῖς · ἐπαινοίης | ἐπαίνει |
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| 3rd singular | ἐπαινεῖ | ἐπαινῇ | ἐπαινοίη | ἐπαινείτω |
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| 1st plural | ἐπαινοῦμεν | ἐπαινῶμεν | ἐπαινοῖμεν · ἐπαινεῖμεν · ἐπαίνοιμεν · ἐπαινοίημεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐπαινεῖτε | ἐπαινῆτε | ἐπαινεῖτε · ἐπαίνοιτε · ἐπαινοίητε | ἐπαινεῖτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐπαινοῦσι(ν) | ἐπαινῶσι(ν) | ἐπαινοῖεν · ἐπαινεῖεν · ἐπαίνοιεν · ἐπαινοίησαν | ἐπαινείτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐπαινοῦμαι | ἐπαινῶμαι | ἐπαινοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐπαινεῖ · ἐπαινῇ | ἐπαινῇ | ἐπαινοῖο | ἐπαινοῦ |
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| 3rd singular | ἐπαινεῖται | ἐπαινῆται | ἐπαινοῖτο | ἐπαινείσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἐπαινούμεθα | ἐπαινώμεθα | ἐπαινοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐπαινεῖσθε | ἐπαινῆσθε | ἐπαινοῖσθε | ἐπαινεῖσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐπαινοῦνται | ἐπαινῶνται | ἐπαινοῖντο | ἐπαινείσθων |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἠπαίνουν |
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| 2nd singular | ἠπαίνεις |
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| 3rd singular | ἠπαίνει |
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| 1st plural | ἠπαινοῦμεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἠπαινεῖτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἠπαίνουν |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἠπαινούμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἠπαινοῦ |
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| 3rd singular | ἠπαινεῖτο |
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| 1st plural | ἠπαινούμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἠπαινεῖσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἠπαινοῦντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἐπαινεῖν | ἐπαινεῖσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαινῶν | ἐπαινοῦσα | ἐπαινοῦν |
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| Genitive | ἐπαινοῦντος | ἐπαινούσης | ἐπαινοῦντος |
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| Dative | ἐπαινοῦντι | ἐπαινούσῃ | ἐπαινοῦντι |
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| Accusative | ἐπαινοῦντα | ἐπαινοῦσαν | ἐπαινοῦν |
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| Vocative | ἐπαινοῦν | ἐπαινοῦσα | ἐπαινοῦν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαινοῦντες | ἐπαινοῦσαι | ἐπαινοῦντα |
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| Genitive | ἐπαινούντων | ἐπαινουσῶν | ἐπαινούντων |
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| Dative | ἐπαινοῦσι(ν) | ἐπαινούσαις | ἐπαινοῦσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | ἐπαινοῦντας | ἐπαινούσας | ἐπαινοῦντα |
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| Vocative | ἐπαινοῦντες | ἐπαινοῦσαι | ἐπαινοῦντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαινούμενος | ἐπαινουμένη | ἐπαινούμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐπαινουμένου | ἐπαινουμένης | ἐπαινουμένου |
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| Dative | ἐπαινουμένῳ | ἐπαινουμένῃ | ἐπαινουμένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐπαινούμενον | ἐπαινουμένην | ἐπαινούμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐπαινούμενε | ἐπαινουμένη | ἐπαινούμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐπαινούμενοι | ἐπαινούμεναι | ἐπαινούμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐπαινουμένων | ἐπαινουμένων | ἐπαινουμένων |
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| Dative | ἐπαινουμένοις | ἐπαινουμέναις | ἐπαινουμένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐπαινουμένους | ἐπαινουμένας | ἐπαινούμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐπαινούμενοι | ἐπαινούμεναι | ἐπαινούμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἐπαινέω
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.