ἡδονή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἁδονά]] (or in Trag. chorus [[ἡδονά]] S.OT1339), ἡ, ([[ἥδομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[enjoyment]], [[pleasure]], first in Simon.71, S.l.c., Hdt.1.24, al.; prop. of [[sensual]] [[pleasure]]s, [[αἱ τοῦ σώματος ἡδοναί]] or [[αἱ περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἡδοναί]], X.HG 4.8.22,6.1.4; [[αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡδοναί]] Pl.R.328d; [[σωματικαὶ ἡδοναί]] Arist.EN 1151a13; αἱ περὶ πότους καὶ περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡδοναί Pl.R.389e; but also ἀκοῆς ἡ. Th.3.38; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἡ. Pl.R.582b; of [[malicious]] [[pleasure]], ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν φίλων κακοῖς, ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡ., Id.Phlb.50a, D.18.138; ἡδονῇ [[ἡσσᾶσθαι]], ἡδοναῖς [[χαρίζεσθαι]], to give way to [[pleasure]], Th. l.c., Pl.Lg.727c; κότερα ἀληθείη χρήσομαι ἢ ἡδονῆ; shall I speak truly or so as to humour you? Hdt.7.101; εἰ ὑμῖν ἡδονὴ τοῦ [[ἡγεμονεύειν]] ib.160; ἡ. εἰσέρχεταί τινι εἰ . . one feels [[pleasure]] at the thought that... Id.1.24; [[ἡδονὴν ἔχειν τινός]] to [[be satisfied with]] . ., S.OC 1604; ἡδονὴν ἔχει, ἡδονὴν φέρει, Pherecr.145.2, Alex.263.6; [[ἡδονὴ ἰδέσθαι]] (like [[θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι]]), of a temple, Hdt.2.137: with Preps. in Adv. sense, δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν A.Pr.494; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡ. D.18.4; πρὸς ἡ. λέγειν = to [[speak]] so as to [[please]] [[another]], S.El.921, Th.2.65; δημηγορεῖν D.4.38; οὐ πρὸς ἡ. οἱ ἦν τὰ ἀγγελλόμενα Hdt.3.126; πάντα πρὸς ἡ. ἀκούοντας D.8.34; later πρὸς ἡδονῆς εἶναί τινι Parth.8.8, Lib. Or.12.1; καθ' ἡδονὴν κλύειν S.Tr.197; καθ' ἡδονήν [ἐστί] μοι c. inf., A.Pr.263; καθ' ἡ. τι δρᾶν, [[ποιεῖν]], Th.2.37,53; [[καθ' ἡδονὰς τῷ δήμῳ τὰ πράγματα ἐνδιδόναι]] ib.65; [[ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι]] it is [[a pleasure]] or [[delight]] to another, Hdt.4.139; folld. by inf., E.IT494; by acc. et inf., Hdt.7.15; [[ἐν ἡδονῇ ἔχειν τινάς]] to take [[pleasure]] in them, Th.3.9; [[ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες]], opp. [[οἱ λυπηροί]], Id.1.99; μεθ' ἡδονῆς Id.4.19; ὑφ' ἡδονῆς S.Ant.648, etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. Alex.24, 110.23: as dat. modi, [[ἡδονᾷ]] [[with pleasure]], S. OT1339 (lyr.), cf. Hdt.2.137 (f.l.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> concrete, a [[pleasure]], S.El. 873 (pl.), Ar.Nu.1072 (pl.); [[ἡδοναὶ τραγημάτων]] = [[sweetmeats]], Sopat. 17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Pl., [[desires after pleasure]], [[pleasant lusts]], X.Mem.1.2.23, Ep.Tit.3.3, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Ion. Philosophers, [[taste]], [[flavour]], usu. joined with [[χροιή]], Diog.Apoll.5, Anaxag.4 (pl.), cf. Arist.PA660b9, Thphr. HP4.4.7, LXX Nu.11.8, Eudem. ap. Ath.9.369f, Mnesith. ap. eund.8.357f.