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|Full diacritics=γλῠκύς
|Medium diacritics=γλυκύς
|Low diacritics=γλυκύς
|Capitals=ΓΛΥΚΥΣ
|Transliteration A=glykýs
|Transliteration B=glykys
|Transliteration C=glykys
|Beta Code=gluku/s
|Definition=<b class="b3">εῖα</b> (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ῆα <span class="bibl">Herod.4.2</span>), <b class="b3">ύ</b> (-ύν <span class="title">IG</span>14.1890), <b class="b2">sweet to the taste</b> or <b class="b2">smell</b>, νέκταρ <span class="bibl">Il.1.598</span>; οἶνος <span class="bibl">Epich.124</span>, etc.; γλυκὺ ὄζειν <span class="bibl">Cratin.Jun. 1</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl">Crates Com.2</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ὀξύς</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.55</span>; opp. <b class="b3">δριμύς</b>, Plu. 2.708e: mostly metaph., even in Hom., <b class="b2">pleasant, delightful</b>, <b class="b3">ἵμερος, ὕπνος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.139</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.395</span>; γ. αἰών <span class="bibl">5.152</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.46</span>; πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ' ἠὲ νέεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.2.453</span>; οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων <span class="bibl">Od.9.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1036</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">γλυκύ [ἐστι</b>], c. inf., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>698</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex. 210</span>; θανεῖν γλύκιστον <span class="bibl">B.3.47</span>; ὅτῳ . . μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1335</span> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl">1390</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of water, <b class="b2">sweet, fresh</b>, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.1.8</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">πικρός</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.52</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἁλμυρός</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>355a33</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom. (but v. supr.), of persons, <b class="b2">sweet, dear</b>, <b class="b3">γλυκεῖα</b> (v.l. [[-ῆα]]) μᾶτερ Sapph. 90; γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>106</span>: c. inf., γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.52</span>; freq. in epitaphs, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1472 (Sup.), etc.; also ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>33i13</span> (ii A. D.); <b class="b3">ὦ γλυκύτατε</b> <b class="b2">my dear fellow</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>462</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>124</span>; sts. in bad sense, <b class="b2">simple, silly</b>, <b class="b3">ὡς γ. εἶ</b>! <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>288b</span>; also applied <b class="b3">κατ' ἀντίφρασιν</b> to a swine, Gal.18(2).611; <b class="b3">γλυκὺ πνεῖον</b>, of mustard, <span class="bibl">Matro <span class="title">Conv.</span>90</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., <b class="b3">ὁ γ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">οἶνος</b>) <b class="b2">grape-syrup</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex. 59</span>, <span class="bibl">172.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>875b2</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.6.77</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088.51</span>; also τὸ γ. <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>386</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>234ii6</span> (ii/iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of the eye of Polyphemus, <span class="bibl">Theoc.6.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἡ γ</b>., = [[γλυκύρριζα]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.13.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἡ γ</b>., = [[χολή]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>594</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Comp. and Sup. γλυκίων <span class="bibl">Od.9.34</span>; γλύκιστος <span class="bibl">B.3.47</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.46</span>, etc.; also γλυκύτερος, -τατος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.109</span>, <span class="bibl">19</span>, etc.; γλύσσων <span class="bibl">Xenoph.38.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. -κέως <span class="bibl">Poll.4.24</span>. (Perh. fr. <b class="b3">*δλυκύς</b>, cf. Lat. <b class="b2">dulcis</b>.) </span>
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|lstext='''γλῠκύς''': -εῖα, ύ, ὁ ἡδὺς τὴν γεῦσιν, [[γλυκύς]], [[νέκταρ]] Ἰλ. Α. 598, κτλ.· γλυκὺ ὄζειν Κράτης Γειτ. 2, Κρατῖν. Νεώτ. Γίγασι 1· ― ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον μεταφ. ἔτι καὶ παρ’ Ὁμ., [[γλυκύς]], εὐφρόσυνος, [[εὐχάριστος]], [[ἵμερος]], [[ὕπνος]], κτλ.· γλ. αἰὼν Ὀδ. Ε. 152. [[πόλεμος]] Ἰλ. Β. 453· πατρὶς καὶ τοκῆες Ὀδ. Ι. 34· [[συχν]]. παρὰ Πινδ. καὶ Ἀττ.· ― γλυκύ ἐστι, μετ’ ἀπαρ., Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 698, Ἄλεξ. Συναπ. 2· ὅτῳ … μηδὲν ἦν [[ἰδεῖν]] γλυκὺ Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1335, πρβλ. 1390. β) ἐπὶ ὕδατος, γλυκύ, καλόν, πόσιμον, ἀντίθ. τῷ [[πικρός]], Ἡρόδ. 4. 52· καὶ τῷ [[ἁλμυρός]], Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 2. 2, 12, κτλ. 2) μεθ’ Ὅμηρ.. ἐπὶ προσ., [[ἀγαπητός]], [[προσφιλής]], (πρβλ. ἡδὺς II. 1), γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 106· μετ’ ἀπαρ., γλ. ὁμιλεῖν Πίνδ. II. 6. 52· ὦ γλυκύτατε, ἀγαπητέ μου φίλε, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 462, πρβλ. Ἐκκλ. 124· ― [[ἐνίοτε]] ἐπὶ κακῆς σημασίας, ὡς τὰ [[ἡδύς]], [[εὐήθης]], [[ἁπλοῦς]], [[μωρός]], [[ἀνόητος]], ὡς γλυκὺς εἶ! Πλάτ. Ἱππ. Μείζ. 288B· πρβλ. [[γλύκων]]. II. ὡς οὐσιαστ., ὁ γλυκὺς (ἐνν. [[οἶνος]]), Λατ. passum vinum, ὁ μὴ ὑποστὰς ζύμωσιν [[μετὰ]] τῶν στεμφύλων, Ἄλεξ. Δρωπ. 1, Πανν. 1. 14, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 3. 28· [[ὡσαύτως]], τὸ γλυκὺ Νίκ. Ἀλ. 386. 2) ἡ γλυκεῖα, = [[γλυκύρριζα]], Θεόφρ. Ι. Φ. 9. 13, 2. 3) ἡ γλυκεῖα, = [[χολή]], Ἐπιφάν. 2. σ. 485, Σχολ. εἰς Νικ. Θ. 595, κατὰ ἀττικήν τινα ἀντίφρασιν, ἴδε Ἑλλάδ. ἐν τῇ Φωτ. Βιβλ. 538, 8· ― [[οὕτως]] ἐφαρμόζεται καὶ εἰς σῦν, Γαλην. 18. 2, 611· εἰς τὸ [[σίναπι]], Μάτρων παρ’ Ἀθην 136D. III. συγκρ. καὶ ὑπερθ. γλυκίων (Ὅμ.), γλύκιστος Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 12. 46, κτλ.· [[ὡσαύτως]] γλυκύτερος, -τατος Πίνδ. καὶ Ἀττ. [[ὡσαύτως]] γλύσσων (γλύκjων, ὡς [[ἐλάσσων]] ἐκ τοῦ ἐλάχjων), Ξενοφάν. ἐν τῷ Et. Gud. 301· πρβλ. [[γλύκιος]]. IV. ἐπίρρ. –κέως [[Πολυδ]]. Δ΄, 24. (Πρβλ. Σανσκρ. gul-yam ([[γλυκύτης]]), Λιθ. gar-dùs ([[εὐειδής]], [[θελκτικός]]), καὶ [[ἴσως]] Λατ. glutire· ἡ συσχέτησις τῶν Λατ. dulcis, dulcedo [[εἶναι]] ἔτι [[μᾶλλον]] [[ἀμφίβολος]]· περὶ δὲ τῆς ὑποτιθεμένης λέξεως δεῦκος ἴδε ἐν λ. [[ἀδευκής]]).
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