eutrapelia

The Greek word eutrapelia is the same which Aristotle, in his

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)

Among the heathen, jesting was counted a virtue, and therefore received the title "eutrapelia" by Aristotle.

Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost

Even from the eutrapelia which might signify a bon-mot, literally, and which certainly is not "scurrility," unless the apostle was ironical, reflecting on jokes with heathen considered

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus

In the first place there is the pleasure, and thus inordinate fondness of play is opposed to _eutrapelia_.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

Reply Obj. 3: Austerity, as a virtue, does not exclude all pleasures, but only such as are excessive and inordinate; wherefore it would seem to pertain to affability, which the Philosopher (Ethic. iv, 6) calls "friendliness," or _eutrapelia_, otherwise wittiness.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

The Philosopher gives it the name of wittiness (_eutrapelia_), and a man is said to be pleasant through having a happy turn* of mind, whereby he gives his words and deeds a cheerful turn: and inasmuch as this virtue restrains a man from immoderate fun, it is comprised under modesty.

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

Moreover the Philosopher [* Ethic. ii, 7; iv, 8] assigns to games the virtue of _eutrapelia_, which we may call "pleasantness."

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

Arthur Clough, Eliza Cook and Homer; he was an authority on education, poetry, civilisation, the _Song of Roland_, the love-letters of Keats, the Genius of Bottles, the significance of _eutrapelos_ and _eutrapelia_.

Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation

Testament. nor -- rather, "or" (compare Eph 5: 3). jesting -- Greek, "eutrapelia"; found nowhere else in the New Testament: implying strictly that versatility which turns about and adapts itself, without regard to principle, to the shifting circumstances of the moment, and to the varying moods of those with whom it may deal.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This is too mild a form of expression to be used either of aischro'tes (filthiness) or of eutrapelia in the worse sense of those terms.

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians