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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

  • ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ταῖσ διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἡδοναῖσ τὸν πόνον ἐπικουφίζομαι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:31)
  • ἀκολασίασ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ αἱρεῖσθαι τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν ἡδονῶν τῶν βλαβερῶν καὶ αἰσχρῶν, καὶ τὸ ὑπολαμβάνειν εὐδαιμονεῖν μάλιστα τοὺσ ἐν ταῖσ τοιαύταισ ἡδοναῖσ ὄντασ, καὶ τὸ φιλογέλοιον εἶναι καὶ τὸ φιλοσκώπτην καὶ φιλευτράπελον, καὶ τὸ ῥᾳδιουργὸν εἶναι ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 33:1)
  • τοῦτον ἐβουλόμην βιῶναι τὸν βίον πλουτῶν ἐσ ὑπερβολὴν καὶ τρυφῶν καὶ πάσαισ ἡδοναῖσ ἀφθόνωσ χρώμενοσ. (Lucian, 43:2)
  • ἆρ’ ἐν παννυχίοισ χοροῖσ θήσω ποτὲ λευκὸν πόδ’ ἀναβακχεύουσα, δέραν εἰσ αἰθέρα δροσερὸν ῥίπτουσ’, ὡσ νεβρὸσ χλοεραῖσ ἐμπαί‐ ζουσα λείμακοσ ἡδοναῖσ, ἡνίκ’ ἂν φοβερὰν φύγῃ θήραν ἔξω φυλακᾶσ εὐπλέκτων ὑπὲρ ἀρκύων, θωύ̈σσων δὲ κυναγέτασ συντείνῃ δράμημα κυνῶν· (Euripides, choral, strophe 11)
  • ὡσ δή σφε σῴσαισ ἡδοναῖσ ἀγγελμάτων. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode39)

Synonyms

  1. delight

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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