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καθηδύνω

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια 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

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: kathēdýnō Transliteration B: kathēdynō Transliteration C: kathidyno Beta Code: kaqhdu/nw

English (LSJ)

[ῡ],
A sweeten, αἱ μέλιτται κ. τὸ πόμα Max.Tyr.27.6; ζωμὸς καθηδυσμένος περιττῶς Ath.4.140a.
2 gratify, τινα Eun.VS p.458B.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1284] sehr süßen, würzen, ζωμὸς καθηδυσμένος Ath. IV, 140 a u. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καθηδύνω: γλυκαίνω, ζωμὸς καθηδυσμένος περιττῶς Ἀθήν. 140Α· - εὐαρεστῶ, τινὰ Εὐνάπ. σ. 13· τὴν ὄσφρησιν Εὐμάθ. σ. 130 ἔκδ. Teuch.

Greek Monolingual

(AM καθηδύνω)
1. κάνω γλυκό κάτι, γλυκαίνω
2. προκαλώ τέρψη σε κάποιον, ευφραίνω, χαροποιώ, ευχαριστώ κάποιον.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + ἡδύνω (< ἡδύς)].

Translations

sweeten

Aromanian: ndultsescu, ãndultsescu; Bulgarian: подслаждам; Catalan: endolcir; Chinese Mandarin: 加甜; Czech: sladit; Danish: søde, forsøde; Dutch: zoeten; Esperanto: dolĉigi; Estonian: magustama; Finnish: makeuttaa; French: adoucir; Galician: adozar; Gallurese: indulcí; German: süßen; Greek: γλυκαίνω; Ancient Greek: ἀναγλυκαίνω, ἀπογλυκαίνω, ἀφηδύνω, γλυκάζω, γλυκαίνω, ἐγγλυκαίνω, ἐπιγλυκαίνω, ἐφηδύνω, ἡδύνω, καθηδύνω, καταγλυκαίνω, παρηδύνω; Hungarian: édesít; Irish: milsigh; Italian: addolcire, zuccherare; Korean: 달게 하다; Latin: condulco, dulcifico, dulco, dulcoro; Latvian: saldināt; Luxembourgish: séissen; Macedonian: засладува; Maori: whakareka; Norman: adouochi; Old English: swētan; Polish: słodzić; Portuguese: adoçar, adocicar; Quechua: misk'ichay; Romanian: îndulci; Russian: подслащивать, подслащать, сластить, подсластить; Sardinian Campidanese: indurciai; Logudorese: indulchire; Sassarese: indutzà; Sicilian: nnùciri; Spanish: azucarar, edulcorar, endulzar; Swedish: söta; Ukrainian: підсолоджувати, підсолодити