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ἡδονή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡδονή ἡδονῆς

Structure: ἡδον (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: h(/domai

Sense

  1. delight, pleasure, enjoyment
  2. taste, smell, flavor
  3. (in plural): desires

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἐπεὶ πόθεν κινούμενοι πρὸσ τὰσ ἀπειρημένασ τροφὰσ ἀποστρεφόμεθα τὰσ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἡδονάσ̣ οὐχ ὅτι δύναται τῶν ὀρέξεων ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμόσ̣ ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:32)
  • ἐγκράτεια δ’ ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν κατέχουσι τῷ λογισμῷ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὁρμῶσαν ἐπὶ τὰσ φαύλασ ἡδονάσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 9:3)
  • ἀκολασία δ’ ἐστὶ κακία τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν αἱροῦνται τὰσ φαύλασ ἡδονάσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 12:1)
  • ἐγκρατείασ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ δύνασθαι κατασχεῖν τῷ λογισμῷ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὁρμῶσαν ἐπὶ φαύλασ ἀπολαύσεισ καὶ ἡδονάσ, καὶ τὸ καρτερεῖν, καὶ τὸ ὑπομονητικὸν εἶναι τῆσ κατὰ φύσιν ἐνδείασ καὶ λύπησ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 21:2)
  • κρεῖττον εἶναι μὴ μετασχεῖν μὲν αὐτῶν, μετέχειν δὲ μηδὲν ἧττον, καὶ τὸ οἰέσθαι μὲν δεῖν πράττειν καὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ τὰ συμφέροντα, ἀφίστασθαι δὲ αὐτῶν διὰ τὰσ ἡδονάσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 35:1)

Synonyms

  1. delight

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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