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ψιά

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: ψῐά Medium diacritics: ψιά Low diacritics: ψια Capitals: ΨΙΑ
Transliteration A: psiá Transliteration B: psia Transliteration C: psia Beta Code: yia/

English (LSJ)

ἡ, = joy, pleasure, χαρά, γελοίασμα, παίγνια, Hsch: hence ψῐάζω, Dor. ψιάδδω, play, sport, τοὶ δὴ παρ' Εὐρώταν ψιάδδοντι Ar.Lys.1302 (lyr.); ψιάδδειν· παίζειν, Hsch. (Prob. shortened forms of ἑψία, ἑψιάομαι, qq.v.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1398] ἡ, auch ψειά, eigtl. jedes kleine Teilchen, Stückchen, Körnchen, Bröckchen, gew. Steinchen, abgeriebener, geglätteter Kiesel, bes. zum Spiel für Kinder; dah. Spiel, Scherz, Vergnügen, VLL.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ψιά: ἡ, «ψιά· χαρά, γελοίασμα, παίγνια» Ἡσύχ.· - ὅθεν ψιάζω, Δωρ. ψιάδδω, παίζω, τοὶ δή παρ’ Εὐρώταν ψιάδδοντι Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 1302· «ψιάδδειν· παίζειν» Ἡσύχ. (Πιθανῶς ταῦτα ἦσαν βραχύτεροι τύποι τῶν λέξεων ἐψία, ἐψιάομαι, ἃς ἴδε).

Greek Monolingual

ἡ, Α
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «χαρά, γελοίασμα, παίγνια».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. έχει σχηματιστεί από τον τ. ἑψία «διασκέδαση, ψυχαγωγία», με σίγηση του αρκτικού φωνήεντος].

Translations

pleasure

Albanian: kënaqësi; American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface; Arabic: مُتْعَة‎, لَذَّة‎; Armenian: հաճույք; Azerbaijani: həzz; Basque: atsegin; Belarusian: задавальне́нне, прые́мнасць; Bengali: নন্দ; Bulgarian: удово́лствие, насла́да; Catalan: plaer; Chinese Mandarin: 歡樂, 欢乐, 樂趣, 乐趣; Czech: potěšení, rozkoš, slast; Danish: fornøjelse, behag; Dutch: plezier, genoegen, welbehagen; Esperanto: plezuro, agrableco; Estonian: lõbu; Finnish: mielihyvä, nautinto, ilo; French: plaisir; Galician: pracer; Georgian: სიამოვნება; German: Vergnügen; Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌸𐌿𐍃; Greek: ευχαρίστηση, απόλαυση; Ancient Greek: ἁδονά, ἁδοσύνα, ἁδοσύνη, ἀπόλαυσις, εὐαρέστησις, εὐαρεστία, εὐδοκία, εὐπάθεια, ἡδονά, ἡδονή, ἦδος, ἡδοσύνη, ἥσθημα, ἧσις, θέλημα, λεία κίνησις, τερπνότης, τερπωλή, τέρψις, τὸ ἡδύ, τρύφημα, φιληδία, χάρμα, χαρμονή, ψιά; Hebrew: עונג \ עֹגֶג‎; Hindi: आनन्द; Hungarian: öröm, élvezet, gyönyörűség, gyönyör, kéj; Indonesian: kesenangan; Interlingua: placer; Irish: pléisiúr; Italian: piacere, piacimento, goduria; Japanese: 喜び, 快感; Korean: 쾌락, 환락, 기쁨, 즐거움; Kurdish Central Kurdish: خۆشی‎; Latgalian: prīca; Latin: iucunditas, delectatio, oblectatio, delectamentum, gaudium, dulcedo; Latvian: prieks; Ligurian: piâxéi; Lithuanian: malonumas; Lombard: piasé; Luxembourgish: Plëséier; Macedonian: задоволство; Maori: rēhia; Mauritian Creole: jos; Mongolian: баяр жаргал; Norwegian: fornøyelse; Occitan: plaser; Old English: lust; Persian: کیف‎, لذت‎; Polish: przyjemność; Portuguese: prazer; Romanian: plăcere; Romansch: plaschair; Russian: удово́льствие; Sanskrit: आनन्द; Scottish Gaelic: tlachd; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: задово̀љство, ужи́так; Roman: zadovòljstvo, užítak; Slovak: potešenie; Slovene: užitek; Spanish: placer; Swahili: anasa; Swedish: nöje, behag; Tagalog: kaaliwan, kalugdan; Thai: ความปิติยินดี; Tocharian B: wīna, yāso; Turkish: zevk, memnuniyet; Ukrainian: задово́лення, приє́мність; Urdu: آنند‎; Vietnamese: niềm vui thích; Welsh: bodd, boddhâd, hyfrydwch, mwynhâd, mwyniant, pleser; Yiddish: הנאה‎, חיות‎, עונג‎, תּענוג‎, פֿאַרגעניגן‎, וווילטאָג‎, נחת‎ or