τερπνός,ή,όν, (τέρπω)
A. 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. Pl. Cra. 419d ;τὰ τ.delights, pleasures, Isoc. 1.21 , X. Mem. 2.1.23 ;τὸ τ.enjoyment, Metrod. Fr. 47 .
2. rarely of persons,αὑτῷ δὲ τερπνός tohis owncontent, S. Aj. 967 ;γέρων τ. Anacreont. 37.1 .
II. regul. Comp.
τερπνότερος
Phld. Oec. p.9
J. : Sup.
-ότατος
Thgn. 256
; irreg. τέρπνιστος
Call. Fr. 256