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ἀπολαυστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπολαυστικός

Structure: ἀπολαυστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from a)polau/w

Sense

  1. devoted to enjoyment, producing enjoyment, of pleasure

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀπολαυστικός ἀπολαυστική ἀπολαύστικον
Genitive ἀπολαυστικοῦ ἀπολαυστικῆς ἀπολαυστίκου
Dative ἀπολαυστικῷ ἀπολαυστικῇ ἀπολαυστίκῳ
Accusative ἀπολαυστικόν ἀπολαυστικήν ἀπολαύστικον
Vocative ἀπολαυστικέ ἀπολαυστική ἀπολαύστικον
DualN/A/V ἀπολαυστικώ ἀπολαυστικᾱ́ ἀπολαυστίκω
G/D ἀπολαυστικοῖν ἀπολαυστικαῖν ἀπολαυστίκοιν
PluralNominative ἀπολαυστικοί ἀπολαυστικαί ἀπολαύστικα
Genitive ἀπολαυστικῶν ἀπολαυστικῶν ἀπολαυστίκων
Dative ἀπολαυστικοῖς ἀπολαυστικαῖς ἀπολαυστίκοις
Accusative ἀπολαυστικούς ἀπολαυστικᾱ́ς ἀπολαύστικα
Vocative ἀπολαυστικοί ἀπολαυστικαί ἀπολαύστικα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀπολαυστικός ἀπολαυστικοῦ ἀπολαυστικότερος ἀπολαυστικοτεροῦ ἀπολαυστικότατος ἀπολαυστικοτατοῦ
Adverb ἀπολαυστίκως ἀπολαυστικότερον ἀπολαυστικότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κινεῖ καὶ ταράττει καὶ προσεξίστησιν, ἡδὺ δ’ οὐδὲν ἀξιολόγωσ οὐδ’ ἀπολαυστικὸν οὐδὲν οἱο͂ν προσεδοκήσαμεν ἀποδίδωσιν. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 12 7:1)
  • ἡδονῆσ, τρεῖσ ὁρῶμεν καὶ βίουσ ὄντασ, οὓσ οἱ ἐπ’ ἐξουσίασ τυγχάνοντεσ προαιροῦνται ζῆν ἅπαντεσ, πολιτικὸν φιλόσοφον ἀπολαυστικόν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 1 34:1)
  • οἱ δὲ Σαρδανάπαλλον μακαρίζοντεσ ἢ Σμινδυρίδην τὸν Συβαρίτην ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τινὰσ τῶν ζώντων τὸν ἀπολαυστικὸν βίον, οὗτοι δὲ πάντεσ ἐν τῷ χαίρειν φαίνονται τάττειν τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 1 50:2)
  • ἐκ μὲν οὖν τῶν εἰρημένων φανερὸν ὅτι πάντεσ ἐπὶ τρεῖσ βίουσ φέρουσι τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, πολιτικὸν φιλόσοφον ἀπολαυστικόν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 1 53:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τὸν βίον ἀγαπῶσι τὸν ἀπολαυστικόν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 27:1)

Synonyms

  1. devoted to enjoyment

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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