τερπνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (τέρπω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[delightful]], [[pleasant]] (Hom. only as v.l., <span class="bibl">Od.8.45</span>), <span class="bibl">Thgn.1019</span> (= <span class="bibl">Mimn.5.3</span>), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.57</span>, al., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>143</span> (lyr.), etc.; τερπνὰ παθών <span class="bibl">Tyrt.12.38</span>; also in Prose, <span class="bibl">Democr.211</span>; πρὸς τὸ τερπνόν <span class="bibl">Th.2.53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>419d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τ</b>. [[delights]], [[pleasures]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.21</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.23</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τ</b>. [[enjoyment]], Metrod.<span class="title">Fr.</span>47. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> rarely of persons, <b class="b3">αὑτῷ δὲ τερπνός</b> [[to]] his own [[content]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>967</span>; <b class="b3">γέρων τ</b>. <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>37.1. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> regul. Comp. τερπνότερος <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Oec.</span>p.9</span> J.: Sup. -ότατος <span class="bibl">Thgn.256</span>; irreg. τέρπνιστος <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>256</span>; Adv. <b class="b3">-ιστα</b> (or <b class="b3">-ίστα[τα</b>]) Id. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1218c6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. τερπνῶς <span class="bibl">Thgn. 914</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>583.5</span>.</span>