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

  • δεδειγμένησ δή μοι τῆσ αἱρέσεωσ τοῦ ῥήτοροσ ταύτησ ἤδη τισ παρ’ ἑαυτῷ σκοπείτω τὰ λεχθέντα, ὅτι τοιαῦτ’ ἐστίν, ἐνθυμούμενοσ μὲν ὅσα σεμνῶσ κατεσκεύασται τῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ αὐστηρῶσ καὶ ἀξιωματικῶσ, ἐνθυμούμενοσ δὲ ὅσα τερπνῶσ καὶ ἡδέωσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 431)
  • καὶ τὴν Σαπφὼ δὲ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ταῦτά φησιν εἰπεῖν κεῖνον, ὦ χρυσόθρονε Μοῦσ1’, ἔνισπεσ ὕμνον, ἐκ τᾶσ καλλιγύναικοσ ἐσθλᾶσ Τήιοσ χώρασ ὃν ἀείδε τερπνῶσ πρέσβυσ ἀγαυόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 72 2:1)
  • μετέπειτα δ’ ἀμοιβαδὶσ ἀλλήλοισιν μυθεῦνθ’, οἱᾶ́ τε πολλὰ νέοι παρὰ δαιτὶ καὶ οἴνῳ τερπνῶσ ἑψιόωνται, ὅτ’ ἀάτοσ ὕβρισ ἀπείη. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 9:5)
  • ἢ μηδὲν δαπανῶν τρύχω βίον ἐν κακότητι, ἢ ζώω τερπνῶσ ἔργα τελῶν ὀλίγα. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389506)

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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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