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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

  • ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὲ τὰ πρὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀργύρῳ καὶ χρυσῷ περιελάμπετο, καὶ τῆσ ὄψεωσ ἐκείνησ οὐδὲν οὔτε τοῖσ σφετέροισ ἐπιτερπέστερον οὔτε τοῖσ πολεμίοισ παρέστη φοβερώτερον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 400:1)
  • "καὶ τὸ μετὰ πολλῶν θεάσασθαί τι καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιτερπέστερόν ἐστι καὶ σεμνότερον, οὐκ ἀκρασίασ δήπου καὶ ἡδυπαθείασ ἀλλ’ ἐλευθερίου διατριβῆσ καὶ ἀστείασ μάρτυρασ ἡμῶν ὅτι πλείστουσ λαμβανόντων. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 7:12)

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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