τερπνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τερπνή, τερπνόν, ([[τέρπω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[delightful]], [[pleasant]] (Hom. only as v.l., Od.8.45), Thgn.1019 (= Mimn.5.3), Pi.''O.''6.57, al., A.''Ag.''143 (lyr.), etc.; τερπνὰ παθών Tyrt.12.38; also in Prose, Democr.211; πρὸς τὸ τερπνόν Th.2.53, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''419d; [[τὰ τερπνά]] = [[delight]]s, [[pleasure]]s, Isoc.1.21, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.23; [[τὸ τερπνόν]] = [[enjoyment]], Metrod.''Fr.''47.<br><span class="bld">2</span> rarely of persons, [[αὑτῷ δὲ τερπνός]] = [[to his own content]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''967; [[γέρων]] τ. ''Anacreont.''37.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> regul. Comp. τερπνότερος Phld.''Oec.''p.9 J.: Sup. τερπνότατος Thgn.256; irreg. τέρπνιστος Call.''Fr.''256; Adv. [[τέρπνιστα]] (or [[τερπνίστα]] [τα]) Id. in ''PSI''11.1218c6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[τερπνῶς]] Thgn. 914, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''583.5.