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|Definition=Od.1.347, etc.; Ep. subj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> τέρπῃσι 17.385: Ion. impf. τέρπεσκον Q.S.7.378, ''AP''9.136 (Cyrus): fut. τέρψω S.''Tr.''1246, etc.: aor. ἔτερψα ''h.Pan.''47, E.''Heracl.''433, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''658b:—the Pass. and Med. have a fivefold aor.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> ἐτέρφθην Od.5.74, 8.131, 17.174, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1140, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 541 (troch.); rare in Prose, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Ep. [[ἐτάρφθην]], τάρφθην, Od.6.99, 19.213,251, 21.57.<br><span class="bld">3</span> 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).<br><span class="bld">4</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">5</span> aor. 1 ἐτερψάμην, in Ep. subj. [[τέρψομαι]] 16.26 (but [[τέρψομαι]] is fut. Med. in Il.20.23, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|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; <b class="b3">θοίνῃ σε τ.</b> Achae.17; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀγγελίη.. ἔτερψε [αὐτούς]</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.99; sometimes in Att. Prose, <b class="b3">ἔπεσι.. τὸ αὐτίκα τέρψει</b> [[will]] [[give]] [[momentary]] [[pleasure]], Th.2.41, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 658b, 658e, etc.; <b class="b3">τ. τὴν ἀκοήν, τὰς ἀκοάς</b>, Phld.''Po.''5.26,28; <b class="b3">ἧλιξ τέρπει τὸν ἥλικα</b>, [[proverb|prov.]] in [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''240c, etc.: abs., [[give delight]], Od.1.347, 8.45, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''475; <b class="b3">τὰ τέρποντα</b> [[delight]]s, Id.''OC''1217 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ῥήματα τέρψαντά τι</b> ib. 1281; οἱ τέρποντες λόγῳ ῥήτορες Th.3.40; τὰ τέρψοντα X.''Ages.''9.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. in Pass. and Med.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> 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; <b class="b3">ὕπνου, εὐνῆς ταρπήμεναι</b>, 24.3, Od.23.346; <b class="b3">φιλότητος ἐταρπήτην</b> ib.300; <b class="b3">ἥβης ταρπῆναι</b> ib.212: metaph., [[take one's fill]] of [[lamentation]], τεταρπώμεσθα γόοιο Il.23.10,98, Od. 11.212, cf. 19.213, 21.57.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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 <b class="b3">ἐν φιλότητι</b>) τραπείομεν εὐνηθέντε Il.3.441, 14.314 (whereas in the phrase <b class="b3">λέκτρονδε τραπείομεν εὐνηθέντες</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -θέντε), Od.8.292, the form [[τραπείομεν]] seems to be taken by the poet as belonging to [[τρέπω]], though others retain the usually sense by connecting [[λέκτρονδε]] with [[εὐνηθέντες]] or by punctuating after [[λέκτρονδε]]); so in Trag., λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι A.''Eu.''1042 (lyr.), cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1140, etc.; [[delight in]], τῇ τῶν πυραμίδων μεγαλειότητι ''OGI''666.26 (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; <b class="b3">τί ἂν.. ἀκούσας τερφθείης</b>; [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.24: abs., <b class="b3">πῖνε καὶ τέρπευ</b> [[drink]] and [[be merry]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.78.<br><span class="bld">3</span> with internal acc., <b class="b3">οἴην μοῖραν δέκα μοιρέων τέρπεται ἀνήρ</b> [[has]] only one [[tenth]] [[part]] of the [[enjoyment]], Hes.''Fr.''162; κενὴν ἐτερπόμην.. τέρψιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''577; τέρπου κενὴν ὄνησιν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1043.<br><span class="bld">4</span> 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]]'.)