ἡδονή
Etym. ἥδομαι
1. "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 καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν λέγειν to speak "so as to please another", Hdt., attic; καθ᾽ ἡδονὴν κλύειν, ἀκούειν Soph., Dem.; καθ᾽ 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.
2. "a pleasure, a delight", Soph., Ar.
3. in pl. "pleasures, pleasant lusts", Xen., NTest.