ἐπιγλυκαίνω
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
A sweeten, Dion. Byz.2, Gal.14.277, Philum. ap. Orib. 45.29.8.
II. intr., to be sweetish, Thphr. CP 6.15.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 932] noch dazu, noch mehr versüßen, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιγλῠκαίνω: καθιστῶ τι ὁπωσοῦν γλυκύ, ἵνα ἐπιγλυκάνω καὶ κατακεράσω τὴν χολὴν Γαλην. τ. 14, σ. 277, 12. ΙΙ. ἀμεταβ., ὀσμὴν οἷον ἐπιγλυκαίνουσαν, ἔχουσαν γλυκύτητά τινα, Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 6. 15, 4.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπιγλυκαίνω (Α)
1. κάνω κάτι γλυκύτερο
2. είμαι υπόγλυκος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + γλυκαίνω ή < επίγλυκυς].
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
