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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120
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|Transliteration C=efidyno
|Transliteration C=efidyno
|Beta Code=e)fhdu/nw
|Beta Code=e)fhdu/nw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sweeten]], [[give a relish to]], [[season]], τὶν τροφήν Plu.2.668d; <b class="b3">οἶνον κινναμώμοις</b> ib.693c; τὸ ἀτερπές Ruf. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.7.26.118</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">λόγοις τὴν διατριβὴν ἐ</b>. Plu.2.514f; ὁ Εὐριπίδης τὸ αὐτὸ ἑτέρως -ύνας Longin.15.6, cf. 34.2 (Pass.), Pythag. ap. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[soothe]], [[win over]], τινὰ πειθοῖ <span class="bibl">Ph.1.566</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.268</span>.</span>
|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[sweeten]], [[give a relish to]], [[season]], τὶν τροφήν Plu.2.668d; <b class="b3">οἶνον κινναμώμοις</b> ib.693c; τὸ ἀτερπές Ruf. ap. Orib.7.26.118: metaph., <b class="b3">λόγοις τὴν διατριβὴν ἐ.</b> Plu.2.514f; ὁ Εὐριπίδης τὸ αὐτὸ ἑτέρως -ύνας Longin.15.6, cf. 34.2 (Pass.), Pythag. ap. Porph.''Abst.''3.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[soothe]], [[win over]], τινὰ πειθοῖ Ph.1.566, cf. 2.268.
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Transliteration A: ephēdýnō Transliteration B: ephēdynō Transliteration C: efidyno Beta Code: e)fhdu/nw

English (LSJ)

A sweeten, give a relish to, season, τὶν τροφήν Plu.2.668d; οἶνον κινναμώμοις ib.693c; τὸ ἀτερπές Ruf. ap. Orib.7.26.118: metaph., λόγοις τὴν διατριβὴν ἐ. Plu.2.514f; ὁ Εὐριπίδης τὸ αὐτὸ ἑτέρως -ύνας Longin.15.6, cf. 34.2 (Pass.), Pythag. ap. Porph.Abst.3.26.
2 soothe, win over, τινὰ πειθοῖ Ph.1.566, cf. 2.268.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1117] dazu, dabei angenehm machen, würzen, εἰ ὄψον ἐστὶ τὸ τὴν τροφὴν ἐφηδῦνον Plut. Symp. 4, 4, 3; übertr., ὥσπερ ἁλσὶ τοῖς λόγοις ἐφηδύνουσι τὴν διατριβήν de garrul. 23, a. Sp.

French (Bailly abrégé)

adoucir, acc..
Étymologie: ἐπί, ἡδύνω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐφηδύνω: (ῡ)
1 давать вкус, приправлять, делать вкуснее (τροφήν Plut.);
2 смягчать, скрашивать (τὸ συσσίτιον ὁμιλίᾳ Plut.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐφηδύνω: καθιστῶ τι ἡδύ, νόστιμον, καρυκεύω, τὴν τροφὴν Πλούτ. 2. 668D· - μεταφ., λόγοις διατριβὴν ἐφ. αὐτόθι 514F.

Greek Monolingual

ἐφηδύνω (ΑΜ)
1. κάνω κάτι γλυκό ή νόστιμο, νοστιμίζω («εἰ ὄψον ἐστὶ τὸ τὴν τροφὴν ἐφηδῡνον», Πλούτ.)
2. μτφ. ομορφαίνω, γλυκαίνω, παρέχω ευχαρίστηση («ἀνένεσιν... τὴν ψυχὴν ἐφηδύνων», Στουδ. Θεόδ.)
αρχ.
κατευνάζω, καταπραΰνω κάποιον («ἐφηδύνων τινά πειθοῑ», Φίλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + ἡδύνω.