τερπνός, ή, όν,
(τέρπω) delightful, pleasant [[(8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only as variant, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.45), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1019 (= 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 5.3), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.57, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 143 (Lyric poetry), etc.; τερπνὰ παθών 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.38 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Prose, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 211; πρὸς τὸ τερπνόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 419d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τ. delights, pleasures, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τ. enjoyment, [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 47. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 rarely of persons, αὑτῷ δὲ τερπνός to his own content, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 967 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέρων τ. [[ “Anacreontea” 37.1. ] Refs]
__II regular comparative τερπνότερος [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.9 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 256; irregular τέρπνιστος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 256 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; adverb -ιστα (or -ίστα[τα]) [[[prev. author] in “PSI” 11.1218c6. ] Refs]
__III adverb τερπνῶς [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 914, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.5. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]