ἐπιτερπής
Ἕκτορ νῦν σὺ μὲν ὧδε θέεις ἀκίχητα διώκων → Hector, you run in pursuit of something unattainable | Hector, now art thou hasting thus vainly after what thou mayest not attain | Hector, now you are hasting thus vainly after what you may not attain
English (LSJ)
ές,
A pleasing, delightful, χῶρος h.Ap.413 ; ἃ καὶ λόγῳ.. ἀκούειν οὐκ ἐπιτερπές Pl.Phdr.240e ; ἰδεῖν Plu.Rom.16 ; τῶν πεπραγμένων ἐ. αἱ μνῆμαι Arist.EN1166a25 : Sup., τὰ -έστατα Democr.233. Adv. -πῶς, διατίθεσθαι Phld.Mus.p.84K., cf. Plu.Num.13. II devoted to pleasure (unless = pleasant companion), Id.Alc.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 991] ές, erfreulich, angenehm, χῶρος H. h. Apoll. 413; ἃ καὶ λόγῳ ἐστὶν ἀκούειν οὐκ ἐπιτερπές Plat. Phaedr. 240 d; τῶν πεπραγμένων ἐπιτερπεῖς αἱ μνῆμαι Arist. Eth. 9, 4; εὐχὴ πολίταις εὐτερπὴς ἰδεῖν Plut. Rom. 16.; auch adv., Plut. Num. 13. – Dem Vergnügen ergeben, Plut. Alc. 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιτερπής: -ές, παρέχων τέρψιν, τερπνός, εὐχάριστος, χῶρος, Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 413· ἃ καὶ λόγῳ… ἀκούειν οὐκ ἐπιτερπὲς Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 240D· ἰδεῖν Πλουτ. Ρωμ. 16· τῶν πεπραγμένων ἐπ. αἱ μνῆμαι Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 9. 4, 5. ― Ἐπίρρ. -πῶς, Πλουτ. Νουμ. 13. II. ὁ εἰς τέρψεις, ἡδονὰς ἀφωσιωμένος, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀλκ. 23.
