ἁνδάνω
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
English (LSJ)
[δᾰ], impf. ἥνδανον, Ep. ἑήνδανον, in Ion. Prose
A ἑάνδανον Hdt.9.5 and 19 (in 7.172,8.29, codd. give ἥνδανον): fut. ἁδήσω Id.5.39: pf. ἅδηκα Hippon.100, Locr. ϝεϝάδηκα (v. infr. 11); ἕᾱδα A.R. 1.867; part. ἑαδώς 11.9.173: aor. ἑᾰδον Hdt.4.201, 6.106, cf. SIG57.40; Ep. εὔᾰδον (i.e. ἔϝαδον) Il.14.340, Od.16.28; ἅδον [ᾰ] Il.13.748; 3sg. subj. ἅδῃ Hdt.1.133, opt. ἅδοι Od.20.327, inf. ἁδεῖν Il.3.173, S. Ant.89: Later, aor. 1 ἧσα Plot.2.3.7:—please, delight, gratify, mostly Ion. and poet., used like ἥδομαι, except as to construction: mostly c. dat. pers., Od.2.114, Pi.P.1.29, Hdt.5.39: also c. dupl. dat., Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ Il.1.24, cf. Od.16.28; εἴ σφωϊν κραδίη ἅδοι 20.327; Πηνελοπείῃ ἥνδανε μύθοισι pleased her with words, 16.398:—in ἁδόντα δ' εἴη με τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ὁμιλεῖν the dat. belongs both to the part. and to the inf., Pi.P.2.96: abs., τοῖσι δὲ πᾶσιν ἑαδότα μῦθον ἔειπε Il.9.173, Od.18.422: c.acc., v. dub. in Thgn.26, E.Or.1607, both prob. corrupt readings. II in Hdt. ἁνδάνει expresses the opinion of a body of people, οὔ σφι ἥνδανε ταῦτα 7.172, cf. 9.5; τοῖσι τὰ ἀμείνω ἑάνδανε 9.19: c. inf., τοῖσι μὲν ἕαδε βοηθέειν Ἀθηναίοισι 6.106, cf. 4.145,153, 201; so ἐπείνύ τοι εὔαδεν οὔτες (sc. ποιεῖν' Il.17.647, cf. Od.2.114:— τὰ ϝεϝαδηκότα quae placuerunt, IG9(1).334 (Locr.). III Med., ἢν ἁνδάνηται Hp.Mul.2.150; cf. τιμὴ δαίμοσιν ἁνδάνεται AP10.7 (Arch.). (Cf. Skt. svádati, Lat. suādeo, suāvis, O.E. swēte, etc.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 216] (ἦδος), ἥνδανον, Hom. auch ἑήνδανον, attisch zuweilen ἑάνδανον, fut. ἁδήσω, aor. ἕαδον, Hom. auch εὔαδε, perf ἕαδα, dor. ἔαδα, partic. ἑαδότα, Il. 9, 173 Od. 18, 422, gefallen, eigtl. ion. u. dichterisch, τινί, oft Hom. u. Her.; Theocr. 26, 30; auch mit doppeltem dat., Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ, Il. 1, 24, vgl. Od. 20, 327; so Pind. öfter; auch Soph. Ant. 500 u. sonst; bei Her. 5, 39 ist ἁνδάνειν τινί Einem einen Gefallen thun. Bei Theogn. 26, Eur. Med. 12 Or. 1633 u. Sp. auch mit dem acc., wie ἀρέσκω, erfreuen, zufrieden stellen; Archi. 16 (X, 7) hat auch das med. ἁνδάνεται.