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λεία κίνησις

From LSJ

Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e

Translations

pleasure

Albanian: kënaqësi; American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface; Arabic: مُتْعَة‎, لَذَّة‎; Armenian: հաճույք; Azerbaijani: həzz; Basque: atsegin; Belarusian: задавальне́нне, прые́мнасць; Bengali: নন্দ; Bulgarian: удово́лствие, насла́да; Catalan: plaer; Chinese Mandarin: 歡樂, 欢乐, 樂趣, 乐趣; Czech: potěšení, rozkoš, slast; Danish: fornøjelse, behag; Dutch: plezier, genoegen, welbehagen; Esperanto: plezuro, agrableco; Estonian: lõbu; Finnish: mielihyvä, nautinto, ilo; French: plaisir; Galician: pracer; Georgian: სიამოვნება; German: Vergnügen; Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃; Greek: ευχαρίστηση, απόλαυση; Ancient Greek: ἁδονά, ἁδοσύνα, ἁδοσύνη, ἀπόλαυσις, εὐαρέστησις, εὐαρεστία, εὐδοκία, εὐπάθεια, ἡδονά, ἡδονή, ἦδος, ἡδοσύνη, ἥσθημα, ἧσις, θέλημα, λεία κίνησις, τερπνότης, τερπωλή, τέρψις, τὸ ἡδύ, τρύφημα, φιληδία, χάρμα, χαρμονή, ψιά; Hebrew: עונג \ עֹגֶג‎; Hindi: आनन्द; Hungarian: öröm, élvezet, gyönyörűség, gyönyör, kéj; Indonesian: kesenangan; Interlingua: placer; Irish: pléisiúr; Italian: piacere, piacimento, goduria; Japanese: 喜び, 快感; Korean: 쾌락, 환락, 기쁨, 즐거움; Kurdish Central Kurdish: خۆشی‎; Latgalian: prīca; Latin: iucunditas, delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, gaudium, dulcedo; Latvian: prieks; Ligurian: piâxéi; Lithuanian: malonumas; Lombard: piasé; Luxembourgish: Plëséier; Macedonian: задоволство; Maori: rēhia; Mauritian Creole: jos; Mongolian: баяр жаргал; Norwegian: fornøyelse; Occitan: plaser; Old English: lust; Persian: کیف‎, لذت‎; Polish: przyjemność; Portuguese: prazer; Romanian: plăcere; Romansch: plaschair; Russian: удово́льствие; Sanskrit: आनन्द; Scottish Gaelic: tlachd; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: задово̀љство, ужи́так; Roman: zadovòljstvo, užítak; Slovak: potešenie; Slovene: užitek; Spanish: placer; Swahili: anasa; Swedish: nöje, behag; Tagalog: kaaliwan, kalugdan; Thai: ความปิติยินดี; Tocharian B: wīna, yāso; Turkish: zevk, memnuniyet; Ukrainian: задово́лення, приє́мність; Urdu: آنند‎; Vietnamese: niềm vui thích; Welsh: bodd, boddhâd, hyfrydwch, mwynhâd, mwyniant, pleser; Yiddish: הנאה‎, חיות‎, עונג‎, תּענוג‎, פֿאַרגעניגן‎, וווילטאָג‎, נחת‎ or