Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾱ̔δονᾱ́ ‎(hādonā́) Doric
• ἡδονᾱ́ ‎(hēdonā́) Tragic

Noun

ἡδονή • ‎(hēdonḗ) f ‎(genitive ἡδονῆς); first declension

1. delight, pleasure, enjoyment
2. taste, smell, flavor
3. (in plural): desires

Inflection

Descendants

• English: hedonic, hedonism, hedonist, anhedonia, anhedonic

References

• ἡδονή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡδονή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἡδονή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G2237”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allurement idem, page 24.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • caprice idem, page 112.
  • cheer idem, page 128.
  • complacency idem, page 151.
  • dalliance idem, page 193.
  • delectation idem, page 207.
  • delight idem, page 208.
  • ecstasy idem, page 261.
  • elation idem, page 265.
  • enchantment idem, page 270.
  • enjoyment idem, page 275.
  • entrancement idem, page 278.
  • exhilaration idem, page 291.
  • fascination idem, page 308.
  • gaiety idem, page 351.
  • gladness idem, page 361.
  • glee idem, page 361.
  • gratification idem, page 370.
  • hilarity idem, page 400.
  • idiosyncrasy idem, page 413.
  • intoxication idem, page 454.
  • jollity idem, page 464.
  • joy idem, page 464.
  • light-heartedness idem, page 491.
  • merriment idem, page 526.
  • mirth idem, page 532.
  • pleasure idem, page 620.
  • rapture idem, page 672.
  • ravishment idem, page 674.
  • rejoicing idem, page 689.
  • satisfaction idem, page 734.
  • transport idem, page 889.
  • treat idem, page 892.
  • zest idem, page 997.