τερπνός

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 to his own content, 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; Adv. ‐ιστα (or ‐ίστα[τα]) Id. in PSI 11.1218c6.

III. Adv. τερπνῶς Thgn. 914, S. Fr. 583.5.