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ἐπιτερπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιτερπής ἐπιτερπές

Structure: ἐπιτερπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/rpw

Sense

  1. pleasing, delightful
  2. devoted to pleasure

Examples

  • οὓτωσ ἀνοιστέον ἐν ταῖσ ἀρρωστίαισ πρὸσ αὑτοὺσ ὡσ διὰ ψυχροποσίαν ἢ λουτρὸν ἄκαιρον ἢ συμπεριφορὰν πολλὰσ μὲν αὑτῶν διεφθείραμεν ἡδονάσ, καλὰσ δὲ πράξεισ ἐπιτερπεῖσ τε διαγωγὰσ ἀπωλέσαμεν. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 9 4:1)
  • τῶν τε γὰρ πεπραγμένων ἐπιτερπεῖσ αἱ μνῆμαι, καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐλπίδεσ ἀγαθαί, αἱ τοιαῦται δ’ ἡδεῖαι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 45:4)

Synonyms

  1. pleasing

  2. devoted to pleasure

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

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