Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τερπνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τερπνός τερπνή τερπνόν

Structure: τερπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/rpw

Sense

  1. delightsome, delightful, pleasant, agreeable, glad, delight, pleasure, delights, pleasures
  2. with joy

Examples

  • ἢ παρθενεύειν παῖδασ ἐν δόμοισ καλῶσ, τερπνὰσ τυράννοισ ἡδονάσ, ὅταν θέλῃ, δάκρυα δ’ ἑτοιμάζουσι; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:15)
  • τερπνᾶσ δ’ ἐπεὶ χρυσοστεφάνοιο λάβεν καρπὸν Ἥβασ, Ἀλφεῷ μέσσῳ καταβὰσ ἐκάλεσσε Ποσειδᾶν’ εὐρυβίαν, ὃν πρόγονον, καὶ τοξοφόρον Δάλου θεοδμάτασ σκοπόν, αἰτέων λαοτρόφον τιμάν τιν’ ἑᾷ κεφαλᾷ, νυκτὸσ ὑπαίθριοσ. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 18:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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