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ἀπολαύω

apolauo

have enjoyment of

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπολαύω, fut. -λαύσομαι Ar. Av. 177, Pl. Chrm. 172b, etc.; later -λαύσω D.H. 6.4, Plu. Pyrrh. 13, etc. (in earlier writers corrupt, as Hyp. Epit. 30): aor. ἀπέλαυσα E. IT 526, Ar. Av. 1358, etc.: pf. -λέλαυκα Pl.Com. 169, Isoc. 19.23: —Pass., pf. -λέλαυται Philostr. VA 6.19, but ἀπολελαυσμένος Plu. 2.1089c,1099e (ἐν-): aor. ἀπελαύσθην Ph. 1.37.—The double augm. ἀπήλαυον, ἀπήλαυσα, is found in codd. of Id. 1.435, etc., prob. in LW 1046.5 (Blaudos). (The simple λαύω is not found, but was = λάφω, expl. by Aristarch. as ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχω, cf. Apollon. Lex., Sch.Od. 19.229):—Α. have enjoyment of a thing, have the benefit of it, c. gen. rei, τῆς σῆς δικαιοσύνης Hdt. 6.86.αʹ; τῶν σιτίων Hp. VM 11, cf. Pl. R. 354b; ἰχθύων, λαχάνων, ἐδεσμάτων, etc., enjoy them, Amphis 26, Aristopho 10.3, Antiph. 8; ποτῶν, ὀσμῶν, X. Cyr. 7.5.81, Hier. 1.24, etc.; τῶν ἀγαθῶν Isoc. 1.9, Pl. Grg. 492b; σχολῆς Id. Lg. 781e; τῆς σιωπῆς ἀ. take advantage of it, D. 21.203; τῆς ἐξουσίας Aeschin. 3.130. 2. with acc. cogn. added, ἀ. τί τινος enjoy an advantage from some source, τί γὰρ . . ἂν ἀπολαύσαιμι τοῦ μαθήματος; Ar. Nu. 1231, cf. Th. 1008, Pl. 236; ἐλάχιστα ἀ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Th. 1.70; τοῦ βίου τι ἀ. Id. 2.53; ζῴων τοσαῦτα ἀγαθὰ ἀ. ὁ ἄνθρωπος X. Mem. 4.3.10, cf. Pl. Euthd. 299a, etc.; τοσοῦτον εὐερίας ἀπολέλαυκε Pl.Com. 169. 3. c. acc. (instead of gen.), ἀ. τὸν βίον Diph. 32.6 (ἀποβάλλειν cj. Kock); ἀ. καὶ πάσχειν τι Arist. Sens. 443b3. 4. abs., οἱ ἀπολαύοντες, opp. οἱ πονοῦντες, Id. Pol. 1263a13; ἧττον ἀ. to have less enjoyment, Id. HA 584a21; ἡδόμενοι καὶ -οντες Plu. 2.69e. II. in bad sense (freq. ironically), have the benefit of, τῶν Οἰδίπου κακῶν ἀ. E. Ph. 1205; ἀ. τι τῶν γάμων Id. IT 526; ἧς ἀπολαύων Ἅιδην . . καταβήσει Id. Andr. 543 (lyr.); τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀ., Hp. VM 12, Pl. Lg. 910b; φλαῦρόν τι ἀ. Isoc. 8.81, cf. Pl. Cri. 54a: with Preps., ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων [παθῶν] ἀ. Id. R. 606b; ἐκ τῆς μιμήσεως τοῦ εἶναι ἀ. ib.395c; ἀπʼ ἄλλου ὀφθαλμίας ἀ. Id. Phdr. 255d. 2. abs., have a benefit, come off well,Ar. Av. 1358. III. make sport of, συνοδοιπόρου Thphr. Char. 23.3, cf. Lys. 6.38.—Chiefly Att.; Trag. only in E. (Cf. Lat. lu-crum, Goth. laun ‘payment’, Slav. loviti ‘captureʼ; cf. Dor. λᾱία, Att. λεία ‘booty’.)
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