τέρπω

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Od.1.347, etc.; Ep. subj.

   A τέρπῃσι 17.385: Ion. impf. τέρπεσκον Q.S.7.378, AP9.136 (Cyrus): fut. τέρψω S.Tr.1246, etc.: aor. ἔτερψα h.Pan.47, E.Heracl.433, Pl.Lg.658b:—the Pass. and Med. have a fivefold aor.,    1 ἐτέρφθην Od.5.74, 8.131, 17.174, S.OC1140, E.Ion 541 (troch.); rare in Prose, X.Mem.2.1.24.    2 Ep. ἐτάρφθην, τάρφθην, Od.6.99, 19.213,251, 21.57.    3 Ep. ἐτάρπην, τάρπην, 23.300, Il.11.780, al.; inf. ταρπῆναι Od.23.212, and ταρπήμεναι ib.346, Il.24.3; subj. τρᾰπείω, Ep. 1pl. τρᾰπείομεν (v. infr. 11.2).    4 Ep. also ἐταρπόμην, only in 1pl. subj. ταρπώμεθα Od.4.295, al.; also redupl. through all moods, τετάρπετο Il.19.19, 24.513; τεταρπώμεσθα Od.11.212, Il.23.10,98; τεταρπόμενος Od. 1.310, al.    5 aor. 1 ἐτερψάμην, in Ep. subj. τέρψομαι 16.26 (but τέρψομαι is fut. Med. in Il.20.23, S.Fr.677); opt. τέρψαιτο h.Ap. 153; part. τερψάμενος Od.12.188:—delight, gladden, cheer, ὅ κεν τέρπῃσιν ἀείδων 17.385; τῇ [φόρμιγγι] ὅ γε θυμὸν ἔτερπεν Il.9.189, al.; πεσσοῖσι . . θυμὸν ἔτερπον Od.1.107; καὶ τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις Il. 15.393; τοὐμὸν . . τ. κέαρ S.Tr.1246; θοίνῃ σε τ. Achae.17; ἡ ἀγγελίη . . ἔτερψε [αὐτούς] Hdt.8.99; sts. in Att. Prose, ἔπεσι . . τὸ αὐτίκα τέρψει will give momentary pleasure, Th.2.41, cf. Pl.Lg. 658b, 658e, etc.; τ. τὴν ἀκοήν, τὰς ἀκοάς, Phld.Po.5.26,28; ἧλιξ τέρπει τὸν ἥλικα, prov. in Pl.Phdr.240c, etc.: abs., give delight, Od.1.347, 8.45, S.Aj.475; τὰ τέρποντα delights, Id.OC1217 (lyr.); ῥήματα τέρψαντά τι ib. 1281; οἱ τέρποντες λόγῳ ῥήτορες Th.3.40; τὰ τέρψοντα X.Ages.9.4.    II more freq. in Pass. and Med.,    1 in Ep. the aor. Pass. is used, c. gen. rei, have full enjoyment of, enjoy to one's heart's content, ἐπεὶ τάρπημεν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος Il.11.780; ἐπεὶ τάρπησαν ἐδωδῆς Od.3.70; σίτου τάρφθεν 6.99; τεταρπόμενοι φίλον ἦτορ σίτου καὶ οἴνοιο Il.9.705; ὕπνου, εὐνῆς ταρπήμεναι, 24.3, Od.23.346; φιλότητος ἐταρπήτην ib.300; ἥβης ταρπῆναι ib.212: metaph., take one's fill of lamentation, τεταρπώμεσθα γόοιο Il.23.10,98, Od. 11.212, cf. 19.213, 21.57.    2 enjoy or delight oneself, c. dat. instr., φρένα τ. φόρμιγγι Il.9.186; μύθοισι Od.23.301; δαιτί 1.26; γόῳ φρένα 4.102; δίσκοισιν Il.2.774; ἐν θαλίῃς Od.11.603, Hes.Op.115; φιλότητι (or ἐν φ.) τραπείομεν εὐνηθέντε Il.3.441, 14.314 (whereas in the phrase λέκτρονδε τραπείομεν εὐνηθέντες (v.l. -θέντε), Od.8.292, the form τραπείομεν seems to be taken by the poet as belonging to τρέπω, though others retain the usu. sense by connecting λέκτρονδε with εὐνηθέντες or by punctuating after λέκτρονδε); so in Trag., λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι A.Eu.1042 (lyr.), cf. S.OC1140, etc.; delight in, τῇ τῶν πυραμίδων μεγαλειότητι OGI666.26 (Egypt, i A.D.); τοῖς εὐώδεσι Sor. 2.29; ἐπί τισι E.Rh.194: c. part., λόγοις . . οἷς σὺ μὴ τέρψῃ κλύων S.Ant.691; τέρπεται τιμώμενος E.Ba.321; τί ἂν . . ἀκούσας τερφθείης; X.Mem.2.1.24: abs., πῖνε καὶ τέρπευ drink and be merry, Hdt.2.78.    3 with internal acc., οἴην μοῖραν δέκα μοιρέων τέρπεται ἀνήρ has only one tenth part of the enjoyment, Hes.Fr.162; κενὴν ἐτερπόμην . . τέρψιν S.Fr.577; τέρπου κενὴν ὄνησιν E.Or.1043.    4 freq. with words which limit its sense, θυμῷ Il.19.313, Od.16.26; θυμόν Il.21.45; κατὰ θυμόν Hes.Op.58,358; φρένα Il.1.474, Od.4.102, etc.; φρεσὶν ᾗσι τετάρπετο Il.19.19, cf. Od.5.74; ἐνὶ φρεσίν 8.368; τεταρπόμενος φίλον κῆρ 1.310; ἀπάταισι θυμὸν τέρπεται Pi.P.2.74. (Cf. Skt. trpnoti 'take one's fill', Causative tarpáyati 'delight (trans.)', Opruss. ka enterpo . .? 'what is the use of . .?', Goth. paurfts, OE.pearf 'benefit', Goth. parf 'I need'.)