1.delight, enjoyment, pleasure, Lat. voluptas, Hdt., etc.; ἡδονῇ ἡσσᾶσθαι, χαρίζεσθαι to give way to pleasure, Thuc., Plat., etc.:—often with Prepositions in adv. sense, πρὸς or καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν λέγειν to speak so as to please another, Hdt., attic; καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν κλύειν, ἀκούειν Soph., Dem.; καθ᾽ ἡδονήν or πρὸς ἡδ. ἐστί μοι Aesch.; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡδ. that which is agreeable, Dem.; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι it is a pleasure or delight to another, Hdt., etc.
2.a pleasure, a delight, Soph., Ar.
3.in pl. pleasures, pleasant lusts, Xen., NTest.
