ἡδύς
hēdusAdjectiveG7620
agreeable
Full Lexicon Entry
1.sweet to the taste or smell, (Homer); to the hearing, (Homer); then of any pleasant feeling or state, as sleep, (Homer):—;with infinitive, *ἡδὺς δρακεῖν *(Aeschulus Tragicus); *ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι λόγος *(Plato Philosophus):—; *ἡδύ ἐστι *or *γίγνεται *it is pleasant, (Homer), etc.:—;so, *οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν *I had rather not say, (Herdotus Historicus):—;neuter as Substantive, *τὰ ἡδέα *pleasures, (Thucydides):—;neuter as adverb, sweetly, (Iliad by Homer), etc.
2.after (Homer), of persons, pleasant, welcome, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3.well-pleased, glad, (Sophocles Tragicus); in addressing a person, ὦ ἥδιστε, Horace's dulcissime rerum, (Plato Philosophus)
4.like εὐήθης, innocent, simple, *ὡς ἡδὺς εἶ *(Plato Philosophus)
5.adverb ἡδέως, sweetly, pleasantly, with pleasure, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; *ἡδέως ἂν ἐροίμην *I would gladly ask, should like to ask, (Demosthenes Orator);—; ἡδ. *ἔχειν τι *to be pleased or content with, (Euripides); ἡδ. *ἔχειν πρός τινα *or *τινί *to be kind, well-disposed to one, (Demosthenes Orator):—; comparative *ἥδιον *(Plato Philosophus), etc.:—;Sup., *ἥδιστα *(Plato Philosophus)
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Part of Speech Adjective
Morphology G:A
DescriptionGreek Adjective
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