ἡδύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">ἡδεῖα, ἡδύ, ἡδὺς ἀϋτμή</b> (as fem.) once in Hom., Od.12.369: Dor. [[ἁδύς]] [ᾱ], Boeot. neut. ϝαδού (written [[γάδου]]) cj. in Corinn.17 (cf. pr. n.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ϝαδιούλογος ''IG''7.2788.3), Elean βᾱδύς ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): irreg. acc. [[ἁδέα]] for ἡδύν Theoc.20.44, for [[ἡδεῖαν]] ib.[8], Mosch.3.82: Ion. fem. [[ἡδέα]], Dor. [[ἁδέα]]: Comp. ἡδίων [ῑ], Sup. ἥδιστος Od.13.80, etc.; also [[ἡδύτερος]] [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.2.1, Ps.-Phoc.195, ''AP''9.247 (Phil.); [[ἡδύτατος]] ib.11.298.7, Plu.2.98e.<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[pleasant]] to the taste, δεῖπνον Od.20.391; of wine, 3.51, 9.197, etc.; to the smell, ἀμβροσίην.. ἡδὺ μάλα πνείουσαν 4.446; ὀδμὴ δ' ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει 9.210; to the hearing, δίδου δ' ἡδεῖαν ἀοιδήν 8.64; αὐδή Hes.''Th.''40; feelings or states, ἡ. ὕπνος Il.4.131, Od.1.364, al.; κοῖτος 19.510; ἡδὺ μάλα κνώσσουσα 4.809; <b class="b3">ἡδὺς μῦθος</b>, opp. [[ἀλγεινός]], S.''Ant.''12: c. inf., φέγγος ἥδιον δρακεῖν A.''Ag.''602; <b class="b3">ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι [λόγος]</b> Pl.''Men.''81d, cf. Ar.''V.''503; later ἡ. ἀκουσθῆναι [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''9; εἰ.. τόδε πᾶσι φίλον καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο Il.4.17, cf. 7.387: c. inf., οὐκ ἂν ἐμοί γε μετὰ φρεσὶν ἡδὺ γένοιτο ζωέμεν Od.24.435; ἁδύ τι θαρσαλέαις τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι A.''Pr.''536, etc.; so <b class="b3">οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν</b> I had [[rather]] not... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.46: neut. as [[substantive]], τὸ δι' ἀκοῆς τε καὶ δι' ὄψεως ἡδύ Pl.''Hp.Ma.''298a; <b class="b3">μεμιγμένον τῷ σεμνῷ τὸ ἡ.</b> [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''1; <b class="b3">τὰ ἡ.</b> [[pleasures]], Th.5.105, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 495a, etc.: neut. as adverb, <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν</b> [[merrily]], Il.2.270, etc.; <b class="b3">ἁδὺ δὲ καὶ τὺ συρίσδες</b> [[sweetly]], Theoc.1.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., of persons, [[welcome]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''82, ''Ph.''530 (Sup.), ''El.''929; ironically, ἥδιστος.. δεσμώτης ἔσω θακεῖ Id.''Aj.''105; like [[εὐήθης]], [[innocent]], [[simple]], ὡς ἡ. εἶ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 491e, Plu.''Art.''17, etc.: Sup., <b class="b3">ὦ ἥδιστε</b> [[my good friend]] (iron.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 348c, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[well-pleased]], [[glad]], ἡδίους ἔσεσθ' ἀκούσαντες D.23.64; ἡδίους ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Plu.''Cam.''32; <b class="b3">τὴν γνώμην ἡδίω πρὸς τὸ μέλλον ποιεῖν</b> to open a [[pleasanter]] view of the future, Id.''Fab.''5.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἡδέως]] [[pleasantly]], [[with pleasure]], καθεύδειν Pl.''Cri.''43b; εὕδειν S.''Tr.''175; δρᾶν Id.''Ant.''70; ὁρᾶν τινα E.''IA''1122; βίοτον ἄγειν Id.''Cyc.''453; [[λαβεῖν]], [[δέχεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''440, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.4; <b class="b3">ἡ. ἂν ἐροίμην</b> I would [[gladly]] ask, should [[like to]] ask, D.18.64; <b class="b3">ἡ. ἔχειν τι</b> to be [[pleased]] or [[content]] with, E.''Ion''647 (but <b class="b3">ἵν' ἡ δόκησις Ξοῦθον ἡ. ἔχῃ</b> ib.1602); <b class="b3">οὐδὲ πότων ἡ. εἶχον</b> had no [[inclination to]] drink, Hp.''Epid.''3.13; τινος, of a person, Macho ap.Ath.13.577e; <b class="b3">ἡ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἅπαντας</b> to be [[suave]], [[courteous]] towards... Isoc.1.20; τινι D.5.15; <b class="b3">ἡ. ἔχειν</b>, of things, to be [[pleasant]], E.''IA''483; ἡ. ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα S.''Ant.''436; iron., <b class="b3">ἡ. γε</b> '[[prettily]] said', Pl.''Hp.Ma.''300c: Comp. ἥδιον Lys.7.40, Pherecr.67, etc.: Sup., ἥδιστα μεντἂν ἤκουσα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''183d, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Hom. neut. [[ἡδύ]] as adverb (v. supr.), cf. ἥδομαι. [ἥδῐον E.''Supp.''1101 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), Ar. ''V.''298 (lyr.), Alex.25.6, but <b class="b3">ἡδίον (α) [ῑ]</b> E.''Cyc.''251, etc.] (Skt. svādús, Lat. [[suāvis]].)