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ψιά

From LSJ

Quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum → Every age is burdensome to those who have no means of living well and happily

Cicero, de Senectute
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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