ἡδονή

See also: Ἡδονή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Related to ἥδομαι (hḗdomai, “to rejoice”) and ἡδῠ́ς (hēdús, “sweet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.do.nɛ̌ː/ → /i.ðoˈni/ → /i.ðoˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.do.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.doˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðoˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðoˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðoˈni/

Noun

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

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἡδονή; τῆς ἡδονῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡδονή hē hēdonḗ	τὼ ἡδονᾱ́ tṑ hēdonā́	αἱ ἡδοναί hai hēdonaí
Genitive	τῆς ἡδονῆς tês hēdonês	τοῖν ἡδοναῖν toîn hēdonaîn	τῶν ἡδονῶν tôn hēdonôn
Dative	τῇ ἡδονῇ têi hēdonêi	τοῖν ἡδοναῖν toîn hēdonaîn	ταῖς ἡδοναῖς taîs hēdonaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἡδονήν tḕn hēdonḗn	τὼ ἡδονᾱ́ tṑ hēdonā́	τᾱ̀ς ἡδονᾱ́ς tā̀s hēdonā́s
Vocative	ἡδονή hēdonḗ	ἡδονᾱ́ hēdonā́	ἡδοναί hēdonaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ηδονή (idoní)
• 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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allurement idem, page 25.
  • 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.