τέρψις, εως, ἡ,
also ιος [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 11 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]: (τέρπω):— enjoyment, delight, τινος from or in a thing, τέρψις ἀοιδῆς [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 917, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 676 (Lyric poetry); δείπνων τέρψιες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.19, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.38 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χλιδανῆς ἥβης τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 544 (_anapaest meter_); κυλίκων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1201 (Lyric poetry); εἰς τέρψιν τινῶν ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 195, compare “IT” 797; βραχεῖα τ. ἡδονῆς κακῆς [prev. author] “fragment” 362.23: τ. ἐστί μοι] Refs 5th c.BC+], with infinitive, it is my pleasure to.., ἦν μοι τ. ἐκπεσεῖν χθονός [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 766, compare 775 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, joy, delight, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 787, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.11, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.59, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 611, etc.: _plural_, αἱ διὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων τ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.14: distinguished from the more general term ἡδονή by 5th c.BC: Prodicus Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 112b23, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 11b. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]