ἀπολαύω

ἀπο-λαύω, [tense] fut.

A

-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): [tense] aor.

ἀπέλαυσα E.IT526

, Ar.Av.1358, etc.: [tense] pf.

-λέλαυκα Pl.Com.169

, Isoc.19.23: —[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.

-λέλαυται Philostr. VA6.19

, but

ἀπολελαυσμένος Plu.2.1089c

,1099e ([etym.] ἐν-): [tense] aor.

ἀπελαύσθην Ph.1.37

.—The double augm. ἀπήλαυον, ἀπήλαυσα, is found in codd. of Id.1.435, etc., prob. in LW 1046.5 ([place name] Blaudos). (The simple λαύω is not found, but was = λάφω, expl. by Aristarch. as ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχω, cf. Apollon.Lex., Sch.Od. 19.229):—have enjoyment of a thing, have the benefit of it, c. gen. rei,

τῆς σῆς δικαιοσύνης Hdt.6.86

.

ά; τῶν σιτίων Hp.VM11

, 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.HA584a21;

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.IT526

;

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;

ἀπ' 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 [dialect] Att.; Trag. only in E. (Cf. Lat. lu-crum, Goth. laun 'payment', Slav. loviti 'capture'; cf. [dialect] Dor. λᾱία, [dialect] Att. λεία 'booty'.)