τέρψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, also ιος <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>11</span>: (τέρπω):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[enjoyment]], [[delight]], τινος [[from]] or [[in]] a thing, τέρψις ἀοιδῆς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>917</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>676</span> (lyr.); δείπνων τέρψιες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.38</span>; <b class="b3">χλιδανῆς ἥβης τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 544</span> (anap.); κυλίκων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1201</span> (lyr.); εἰς τέρψιν τινῶν ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 195</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>797</span>; βραχεῖα τ. ἡδονῆς κακῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>362.23</span>: <b class="b3">τ. ἐστί μοι</b>, c. inf., it is my [[pleasure]] to... ἦν μοι τ. ἐκπεσεῖν χθονός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>766</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">775</span>: abs., [[joy]], [[delight]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.787</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>12.11</span>, <span class="bibl">B.1.59</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>611</span>, etc.: pl., <b class="b3">αἱ διὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων τ</b>. Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.14: distinguished from the more general term [[ἡδονή]] by Prodic. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>112b23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 11b</span>.</span>