ΗΔΟΝΑΣΩΣ, ηδονασως
ĒDONASŌS, ēdonasōs
Sounds Like: hay-doh-NAH-sohs
Translations: pleasurably, in a pleasurable manner
From the root: ΗΔΟΝΗ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word appears to be a compound adverb, likely formed from the noun 'ἡδονή' (hēdonē), meaning 'pleasure,' and the adverbial suffix '-ως'. It would therefore mean 'pleasurably' or 'in a pleasurable manner.' However, 'ΗΔΟΝΑΣΩΣ' is not a standard or recognized word in Koine Greek dictionaries or lexicons. It is highly probable that this is a misspelling, a unique coinage (hapax legomenon), or a garbled form of another word. If it were a valid word, it would describe an action or state as being done in a way that brings pleasure or is characterized by pleasure.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΔΟΝΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΗΔΟΝ — pleasure, delight, a pleasure, a delight
- ΗΔΟΝΑΙΣ — to pleasures, by pleasures, with pleasures, pleasures, a pleasure, delight, to delights, by delights, with delights, delights
- ΗΔΟΝΑΣ — pleasures, delights, desires
- ΗΔΟΝΗ — pleasure, a pleasure, delight, lust
- ΗΔΟΝΗΝ — pleasure, a pleasure, delight, enjoyment
- ΗΔΟΝΗΣ — (of) pleasure, (of) delight, (of) enjoyment
- ΗΔΟΝΙΚΟΥΣ — pleasurable, devoted to pleasure, sensual, voluptuous
- ΗΔΟΝΩΝ — of pleasures, of delights, of desires
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