τέρψις

A. enjoyment, delight, τινος from or in a thing, τέρψις ἀοιδῆς Hes. Th. 917, cf. Ar. Ra. 676 (lyr.); δείπνων τέρψιες Pi. P. 9.19, cf. Th. 2.38; χλιδανῆς ἥβης τ. A. Pers. 544 (anap.); κυλίκων S. Aj. 1201 (lyr.); εἰς τέρψιν τινῶν ἐλθεῖν E. Ph. 195, cf. IT 797; βραχεῖα τ. ἡδονῆς κακῆς Id. Fr. 362.23: τ. ἐστί μοι, c. inf., it is my pleasure to . . , ἦν μοι τ. ἐκπεσεῖν χθονός S. OC 766, cf. 775: abs., joy, delight, Thgn. 787, Pi. O. 12.11, B. 1.59, A. Ag. 611, etc.: pl., αἱ διὰ τῶν αἰσθήσεων τ. Phld. D. 3.14: distd. from the more general term ἡδονή by Prodic. ap. Arist. Top. 112b23, cf. Pl. Phlb. 11b.