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): aor. “ἀπέλαυσα” E.IT526, Ar.Av.1358, etc.: pf. “-λέλαυκα” Pl.Com.169, Isoc.19.23: —Pass., pf. “-λέλαυται” Philostr. VA6.19, 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):—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 Att.; Trag. only in E. (Cf. Lat. lu-crum, Goth. laun 'payment', Slav. loviti 'capture'; cf. Dor. λα_ία, Att. λεία 'booty'.)
