ἡδύς

ἡδύς, ἡδεῖα, ἡδύ, ἡδὺς ἀϋτμή (as fem.) once in Hom., Od.12.369: [dialect] Dor. [full] ἁδύς [pron. full] [ᾱ], [dialect] Boeot. neut. [full] ϝαδού (written γάδου) cj. in Corinn.17 (cf. pr. n.

A

ϝαδιούλογος IG7.2788.3

), Elean [full] βᾱδύς (q.v.): irreg. acc. ἁδέα for

ἡδύν Theoc.20.44

, for ἡδεῖαν ib.[8], Mosch.3.82: [dialect] Ion. fem. ἡδέᾰ, [dialect] Dor. ἁδέα: [comp] Comp. ἡδίων [ῑ], [comp] Sup.

ἥδιστος Od.13.80

, etc.; also

ἡδύτερος Thphr.HP3.2.1

, Ps.-Phoc.195, AP9.247 (Phil.); ἡδύτατος ib.11.298.7, Plu.2.98e.

I 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

; ἡδὺς μῦθος, opp. ἀλγεινός, S.Ant.12: c. inf.,

φέγγος ἥδιον δρακεῖν A.Ag.602

; ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι [λόγος] Pl.Men.81d, cf. Ar.V.503; later

ἡ. ἀκουσθῆναι D.H.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 οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν I had rather not . . , Hdt.2.46: neut. as Subst.,

τὸ δι' ἀκοῆς τε καὶ δι' ὄψεως ἡδύ Pl.Hp.Ma.298a

; μεμιγμένον τῷ σεμνῷ τὸ ἡ. D.H.Comp.1; τὰ ἡ. pleasures, Th.5.105, Pl.Grg.495a, etc.: neut. as Adv., ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν merrily, Il.2.270, etc.; ἁδὺ δὲ καὶ τὺ συρίσδες sweetly, Theoc.1.2.

II after Hom., of persons, welcome, S.OT82, Ph.530 ([comp] Sup.), El.929; ironically,

ἥδιστος . . δεσμώτης ἔσω θακεῖ Id.Aj.105

; like εὐήθης, innocent, simple,

ὡς ἡ. εἶ Pl.Grg.491e

, Plu.Art.17, etc.: [comp] Sup., ὦ ἥδιστε my good friend (iron.), Pl.R.348c, al.

2 well-pleased, glad,

ἡδίους ἔσεσθ' ἀκούσαντες D.23.64

;

ἡδίους ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Plu.Cam.32

; τὴν γνώμην ἡδίω πρὸς τὸ μέλλον ποιεῖν to open a pleasanter view of the future, Id.Fab.5.

III Adv. ἡδέως pleasantly, with pleasure,

καθεύδειν Pl.Cri.43b

;

εὕδειν S.Tr.175

;

δρᾶν Id.Ant.70

;

ὁρᾶν τινα E.IA1122

;

βίοτον ἄγειν Id.Cyc.453

; λαβεῖν, δέχεσθαι, Ar.Eq.440, X.Mem.1.2.4; ἡ. ἂν ἐροίμην I would gladly ask, should like to ask, D.18.64; ἡ. ἔχειν τι to be pleased or content with, E.Ion647 (but ἵν' ἡ δόκησις Ξοῦθον ἡ. ἔχῃ ib.1602); οὐδὲ πότων ἡ. εἶχον had no inclination to drink, Hp.Epid.3.13; τινος, of a person, Macho ap.Ath.13.577e; ἡ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἅπαντας to be suave, courteous towards . . , Isoc.1.20; τινι D.5.15; ἡ. ἔχειν, of things, to be pleasant, E.IA483;

ἡ. ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα S.Ant.436

; iron., ἡ. γε 'prettily said', Pl.Hp.Ma.300c: [comp] Comp.

ἥδιον Lys.7.40

, Pherecr.67, etc.: [comp] Sup.,

ἥδιστα μεντἂν ἤκουσα Pl.Tht.183d

, etc.

2 in Hom. neut. ἡδύ as Adv. (v. supr.), cf.

ἥδομαι. [ἥδῐον E.Supp.1101

(s.v.l.), Ar. V.298 (lyr.), Alex.25.6, but ἡδίον (α) [ῑ] E.Cyc.251, etc.] (Skt. svādús, Lat. suāvis.)