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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

  • "καὶ τοῖσ ἐκ μέθησ παραβοηθοῦν ἐλαττώμασιν ἀφῆκαν,6 τοῦ δὲ πρὸσ ὄψιν ἢ πρὸσ ὀσμὴν ἐπιτερποῦσ ἐφρόντισαν, διὸ μυρσίνησ μὲν στέφανον στύφοντα καὶ τὴν οἴνων ἀναθυμίασιν ἀποκρουόμενον, ἔτι δὲ ῥόδινον ἔχοντά τι καὶ κεφαλαλγίασ παρηγορικὸν σὺν τῷ καὶ κατὰ ποσὸν ψύχειν, πρὸσ δὲ τοῖσ δάφνινον οὐκ ἀλλότριον πότου ἡγητέον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 1710)

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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