ἦδος
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἦδος
ἦδεος
Structure:
ἠδο
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- delight, enjoyment, pleasure, pleasure from or in, delight, from?
Declension
Third 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.
- "Μελάνθιοσ δὲ τῶν ἀπολαύσεων ἐρῶν, ηὔξατο τῆσ μακραύχενοσ ὄρνιθοσ τὸν τράχηλον ἔχειν, ἵν’ ὅτι πλεῖστον τοῖσ ἡδέσιν ἐνδιατρίβῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 10 1:3)
- οὐδὲ τὰ μέτρια καὶ τὰ ἀναγκαῖα πλησιάζουσι τοῖσ ἡδέσιν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 59:1)
- ἀλλὰ χαίρει ὁ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἄνευ ἐπιθυμίασ τοῖσ φύσει ἡδέσιν, οἳ δὲ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἐξιστᾶσι τῆσ φύσει ἕξεωσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 119:3)
- ἔστιν δὲ καὶ τὸ σύνηθεσ καὶ τὸ ἐθιστὸν ἐν τοῖσ ἡδέσιν· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 10 18:3)
- τίθημι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τῶν κακῶν ἢ φαινομένων κακῶν ἢ ἀπαλλαγὴν ἢ ἀντὶ μείζονοσ ἐλάττονοσ μετάληψιν ἐν τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ αἱρετὰ γάρ πωσ, καὶ τὴν τῶν λυπηρῶν ἢ φαινομένων <λυπηρῶν> ἢ ἀπαλλαγὴν ἢ μετάληψιν ἀντὶ μειζόνων ἐλαττόνων ἐν τοῖσ ἡδέσιν ὡσαύτωσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 10 18:7)
Synonyms
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delight
- ἡδονή (delight, pleasure, enjoyment)
- τέρψις (full enjoyment, delight, gladness)
- Ἀφροδίτη (love, pleasure, enjoyment)
- ἀπολαυστικός (devoted to enjoyment, producing enjoyment, of pleasure)
- φιληδέω (to find pleasure in, take delight in)
- ἡδονόπληκτος (Drunk in enjoyment, stricken with pleasure.)