ἀπολαύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -λαύσομαι Ar. ''Av.''177, Pl.''Chrm.''172b, etc.; later -λαύσω D.H.6.4, Plu.''Pyrrh.''13, etc. (in earlier writers corrupt, as Hyp.''Epit.''30): aor. ἀπέλαυσα E.''IT''526, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1358, etc.: pf. -λέλαυκα Pl.Com.169, Isoc.19.23: —Pass., pf. -λέλαυται Philostr. ''VA''6.19, but ἀπολελαυσμένος Plu.2.1089c,1099e (ἐν-): aor. ἀπελαύσθην Ph.1.37.—The double augm. [[ἀπήλαυον]], [[ἀπήλαυσα]], is found in codd. of Id.1.435, etc., prob. in ''LW'' 1046.5 (Blaudos). (The simple [[λαύω]] is not found, but was = [[λάφω]], expl. by Aristarch. as <b class="b3">ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχω</b>, cf. Apollon.''Lex.'', Sch.Od. 19.229):—[[have enjoyment of]] a thing, [[have the benefit of]] it, c. gen. rei, τῆς σῆς δικαιοσύνης [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.86.ά; τῶν σιτίων Hp.''VM''11, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 354b; [[ἰχθύων]], [[λαχάνων]], [[ἐδεσμάτων]], etc., [[enjoy]] them, Amphis 26, Aristopho 10.3, Antiph.8; [[ποτῶν]], [[ὀσμῶν]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.81, ''Hier.''1.24, etc.; τῶν ἀγαθῶν Isoc.1.9, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 492b; σχολῆς Id.''Lg.''781e; <b class="b3">τῆς σιωπῆς ἀ.</b> [[take advantage of]] it, D.21.203; τῆς ἐξουσίας Aeschin.3.130.2. with acc. cogn. added, <b class="b3">ἀ. τί τινος</b> [[enjoy]] an advantage [[from]] some source, τί γὰρ.. ἂν ἀπολαύσαιμι τοῦ μαθήματος; Ar.''Nu.'' 1231, cf. ''Th.''1008, ''Pl.''236; ἐλάχιστα ἀ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Th.1.70; τοῦ βίου τι ἀ. Id.2.53; ζῴων τοσαῦτα ἀγαθὰ ἀ. ὁ ἄνθρωπος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.3.10, cf. Pl.''Euthd.''299a, etc.; τοσοῦτον εὐερίας ἀπολέλαυκε Pl.Com. 169.3. c. acc. (instead of gen.), ἀ. τὸν βίον Diph.32.6 ([[ἀποβάλλειν]] cj. Kock); ἀ. καὶ πάσχειν τι Arist.''Sens.''443b3. 4. abs., <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπολαύοντες</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ πονοῦντες</b>, Id.''Pol.''1263a13; <b class="b3">ἧττον ἀ.</b> to have less [[enjoyment]], Id.''HA''584a21; ἡδόμενοι καὶ -οντες Plu.2.69e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in bad sense (freq. ironically), [[have the benefit of]], τῶν Οἰδίπου κακῶν ἀ. E.''Ph.''1205; ἀ. τι τῶν γάμων Id.''IT''526; ἧς ἀπολαύων Ἅιδην.. καταβήσει Id.''Andr.''543 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀ.</b>, Hp.''VM'' 12, Pl.''Lg.''910b; φλαῦρόν τι ἀ. Isoc.8.81, cf. Pl.''Cri.''54a: with Preps., ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων [παθῶν] ἀ. Id.''R.''606b; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῆς μιμήσεως τοῦ εἶναι ἀ.</b> ib.395c; ἀπ' ἄλλου ὀφθαλμίας ἀ. Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''255d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[have a benefit]], [[come off well]],[[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1358.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[make sport of]], συνοδοιπόρου [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''23.3, cf. Lys.6.38.—Chiefly Att.; Trag. only in E. (Cf. Lat. [[lu-crum]], Goth. [[laun]] 'payment', Slav. [[loviti]] 'capture'; cf. Dor. λᾱία, Att. [[λεία]] 'booty'.)