ἀφηδύνω
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
(ἡδύς)
A sweeten, Luc.Am.3; τὰς ἀκοάς Ph.1.353:—Pass., τὸ ἦθος Plu.Dio 17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 409] versüßen, Luc. Amor. 3; übertr., ἀφηδυ νόμενον ἦθος Plut. Dion. 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφηδύνω: μέλλ. -ῠνῶ, ἡδύνω, καθιστῶ τι ἡδύ, Λουκ. Ἔρωτ. 3, Πλουτ. Δίων 17.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés.
adoucir.
Étymologie: ἀπό, ἡδύνω.
Spanish (DGE)
endulzar en un ritual πυρκαϊὴν χρὴ ἀφη[δύ] ναι αἴθοπι οἴνῳ καὶ πολιῷ γλάγεϊ Orác. en ISestos 11.29 (Calípolis II d.C.)
•fig. τὰς ἀκοὰς ... ἀφηδύνοντες Ph.1.353, τὴν φωνήν Luc.Am.3.
Greek Monolingual
Greek Monotonic
ἀφηδύνω: μέλ. -ῠνῶ, γλυκαίνω, σε Πλούτ., Λουκ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀφηδύνω: делать сладким, нежным (φωνήν Luc.; ἀφηδυνόμενον ἦθος Plut.).