ἡδονή ἥδομαι 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 καθʼ ἡδονὴν λέγειν to speak so as to please another, Hdt., Attic; καθʼ ἡδονὴν κλύειν, ἀκούειν Soph., Dem.; καθʼ 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. a pleasure, a delight, Soph., Ar. in pl. pleasures, pleasant lusts, Xen., NTest.