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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

  • σωφροσύνην τε γὰρ ἡμᾶσ ἐκδιδάσκει ὥστε πασῶν τῶν ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν καὶ ἀνδρείαν ἐξασκεῖν, ὥστε πάντα πόνον ἑκουσίωσ ὑπομένειν (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:23)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ γελοῖον. καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν ἀλγηδόνων ἐπιδείκνυμι κεκρατηκέναι τὸν λογισμόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἡδονῶν κρατεῖν, καὶ μηδὲν αὐταῖσ ὑπείκειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 6:35)
  • σωφροσύνη δ’ ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν ἀνόρεκτοι γίνονται περὶ τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν φαύλων ἡδονῶν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 9:2)
  • ἀκράτεια δ’ ἐστὶ κακία τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν παρασύρουσι τῇ ἀλογίᾳ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὠθοῦσαν ἐπὶ τὰσ τῶν φαύλων ἡδονῶν ἀπολαύσεισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 12:4)
  • σωφροσύνησ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ μὴ θαυμάζειν τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν σωματικῶν ἡδονῶν, καὶ τὸ εἶναι πάσησ ἀπολαύσεωσ αἰσχρᾶσ ἡδονῆσ ἀνόρεκτον, καὶ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν δικαίαν ἄδειαν, καὶ τὸ τετάσθαι περὶ τὸν βίον ὁμοίωσ ἔν τε μικροῖσ καὶ μεγάλοισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 20:2)

Synonyms

  1. delight

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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