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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

  • καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἦν ἀοίκητοσ ὡσ ἔρημοσ. οὐκ ἦν ὁ εἰσπορευόμενοσ καὶ ἐκπορευόμενοσ ἐκ τῶν γενημάτων αὐτῆσ, καὶ τὸ ἁγίασμα καταπατούμενον, καὶ υἱοὶ ἀλλογενῶν ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ, κατάλυμα τοῖσ ἔθνεσι. καὶ ἐξῄρθη τέρψισ ἐξ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐξέλιπεν αὐλὸσ καὶ κινύρα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:45)
  • καὶ ἐν φιλίᾳ αὐτῆσ τέρψισ ἀγαθὴ καὶ ἐν πόνοισ χειρῶν αὐτῆσ πλοῦτοσ ἀνεκλιπὴσ καὶ ἐν συγγυμνασίᾳ ὁμιλίασ αὐτῆσ φρόνησισ καὶ εὔκλεια ἐν κοινωνίᾳ λόγων αὐτῆσ, περιῄειν ζητῶν ὅπωσ λάβω αὐτὴν εἰσ ἐμαυτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:18)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐ κατά γε σκιὰν μόνην οὐδὲ κατὰ πλατάνου κάλλοσ ἡ ὑποδοχή, οὐδ’ ἂν τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ Ἰλισσῷ καταλιπὼν τὴν ’ βασιλέωσ λέγῃσ τὴν χρυσῆν ἐκείνησ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τῇ πολυτελείᾳ μόνῃ τὸ θαῦμα, τέχνη δὲ ἢ κάλλοσ ἢ τέρψισ ἢ τὸ σύμμετρον ἢ τὸ εὔρυθμον οὐ συνείργαστο οὐδὲ κατεμέμικτο τῷ χρυσῷ, ἀλλ’ ἦν βαρβαρικὸν τὸ θέαμα, πλοῦτοσ μόνον καὶ φθόνοσ τῶν ἰδόντων καὶ εὐδαιμονισμὸσ τῶν ἐχόντων ἔπαινοσ δὲ οὐδαμοῦ προσῆν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 5:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἔπεα πτερόεντά ἐστι καὶ οἴχεται ἅμα τῷ προελθεῖν ἀποπτάμενα, ἡ δὲ τῶν ὁρωμένων τέρψισ ἀεὶ παρεστῶσα καὶ παραμένουσα πάντωσ τὸν θεατὴν ὑπάγεται. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 20:7)
  • τὰ δ̓ ἄλλα οὔτε κίνησισ ὁμοία πρόσεστιν οὔτε ψυχῆσ δεῖγμά τι, ἀλλὰ τέρψισ ἄλλωσ καὶ παιδιὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. full enjoyment

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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