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τέρψις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέρψις τέρψεως

Structure: τερψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/rpw

Sense

  1. full enjoyment, delight, gladness, pleasure

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.

Examples

  • τοὶ δ’ ἄνδρεσ ἐν ἀγλαί̈ῃσ τε χοροῖσ τε τέρψιν ἔχον· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:16)
  • ἡδονὴν δὲ καὶ πειθὼ καὶ τέρψιν καὶ τὰσ ὁμοιογενεῖσ ἀρετὰσ εἰσφέρεται μακρῷ Θουκυδίδου κρείττονασ Ἡρόδοτοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 19:2)
  • ὥστε, ὦ θαυμάσιε, ὁρ́α μὴ ἀνόσιον ᾖ κατηγορεῖν ἐπιτηδεύματοσ θείου τε ἅμα καὶ μυστικοῦ καὶ τοσούτοισ θεοῖσ ἐσπουδασμένου καὶ ἐπὶ τιμῇ αὐτῶν δρωμένου καὶ τοσαύτην τέρψιν ἅμα καὶ παιδείαν ^ ὠφέλιμον παρεχομένου. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 23:1)
  • ταύτην δ’ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ τιμὴν ἔχει ἠδὲ λέλογχε μοῖραν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι, παρθενίουσ τ’ ὀάρουσ μειδήματά τ’ ἐξαπάτασ τε τέρψιν τε γλυκερὴν φιλότητά τε μειλιχίην τε. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:15)
  • ὦ μῆτερ, ὦ τεκοῦσα , κάλλιστον λόγον ἄκουσον, ὥσ σοι τέρψιν ἐμβαλῶ φρενί. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. full enjoyment

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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