A.enjoyment, pleasure, first in Simon.71, S.l.c., Hdt.1.24, al.; prop. of sensual pleasures, αἱ τοῦ σώματος or περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἡ., X.HG 4.8.22,6.1.4; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡ. Pl.R.328d; σωματικαὶ ἡ. Arist.EN 1151a13; αἱ περὶ πότους καὶ περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡ. Pl.R.389e; but also ἀκοῆς ἡ. Th.3.38; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἡ. Pl.R.582b; of malicious pleasure, ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν φίλων κακοῖς, ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡ., Id.Phlb.50a, D.18.138; ἡδονῇ ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἡδοναῖς χαρίζεσθαι, to give way to pleasure, Th. l.c., Pl.Lg.727c; κότερα ἀληθείη χρήσομαι ἢ ἡδονῆ; shall I speak truly or so as to humour you? Hdt.7.101; εἰ ὑμῖν ἡδονὴ τοῦ ἡγεμονεύειν ib.160; ἡ. εἰσέρχεταί τιϝι εἰ . . one feels pleasure at the thought that . . , Id.1.24; ἡδονὴν ἔχειν τινός to be satisfied with . . , S.OC 1604; ἡδονὴν ἔχει, φέρει, Pherecr.145.2, Alex.263.6; ἡδονὴ ἰδέσθαι (like θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι), of a temple, Hdt.2.137: with Preps. in Adv. sense, “δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν” A.Pr.494; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡ. D.18.4; πρὸς ἡ. λέγειν to speak so as to please another, S.El.921, Th.2.65; “δημηγορεῖν” D.4.38; “οὐ πρὸς ἡ. οἱ ἦν τὰ ἀγγελλόμενα” Hdt.3.126; “πάντα πρὸς ἡ. ἀκούοντας” D.8.34; later “πρὸς ἡδονῆς εἶναί τινι” Parth.8.8, Lib. Or.12.1; “καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν κλύειν” S.Tr.197; καθ᾽ ἡδονήν [ἐστί] μοι c. inf., A.Pr.263; καθ᾽ ἡ. τι δρᾶν, ποιεῖν, Th.2.37,53; καθ᾽ ἡδονὰς τῷ δήμῳ τὰ πράγματα ἐνδιδόναι ib.65; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι it is a pleasure or delight to another, Hdt.4.139; folld. by inf., E.IT494; by acc. et inf., Hdt.7.15; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἔχειν τινάς to take pleasure in them, Th.3.9; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες, opp. οἱ λυπηροί, Id.1.99; “μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς” Id.4.19; “ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς” S.Ant.648, etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. Alex.24, 110.23: as dat. modi, ἡδονᾷ with pleasure, S. OT1339 (lyr.), cf. Hdt.2.137 (f.l.).
2. concrete, a pleasure, S.El. 873 (pl.), Ar.Nu.1072 (pl.); ἡδοναὶ τραγημάτων sweetmeats, Sopat. 17.
II. in Ion. Philosophers, taste, flavour, usu. joined with χροιή, Diog.Apoll.5, Anaxag.4 (pl.), cf. Arist.PA660b9, Thphr. HP4.4.7, LXX Nu.11.8, Eudem. ap. Ath.9.369f, Mnesith. ap. eund.8.357f.