Ἐφήδοιτο

[Meaning he/she/it] might enjoy.¹
Also [sc. attested is] e)fh/donto ["they were exulting over"]; [used] with a dative. [Meaning] they were rejoicing over.² Aelian [writes]: "and some of his relatives were exulting over him on the grounds that they would inherit his estate. For he had no children on account of the shiftless and lecherous lifestyle he led among prostitutes and drinking-bouts".³
And elsewhere: "but he was hurrying on, hoping to exult over them".⁴