ΗΔΟΝΙΚΟΥΣ, ηδονικους
ĒDONIKOUS, ēdonikous
Sounds Like: hay-doh-nee-KOOS
Translations: pleasurable, devoted to pleasure, sensual, voluptuous
From the root: ΗΔΟΝΗ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone related to pleasure, often in a negative sense, implying an excessive or self-indulgent pursuit of pleasure. It can refer to things that are pleasurable or to people who are devoted to pleasure. It is used to qualify nouns, indicating their characteristic of being pleasure-seeking or pleasure-giving.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2237 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:10
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
- ΗΔΟΝΑΣΩΣ — pleasurably, in a pleasurable manner
- ΗΔΟΝΗ — pleasure, a pleasure, delight, lust
- ΗΔΟΝΗΝ — pleasure, a pleasure, delight, enjoyment
- ΗΔΟΝΗΣ — (of) pleasure, (of) delight, (of) enjoyment
- ΗΔΟΝΩΝ — of pleasures, of delights, of desires
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