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ἦδος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἦδος ἦδεος

Structure: ἠδο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a(nda/nw

Sense

  1. delight, enjoyment, pleasure, pleasure from or in, delight, from?

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἦδος ή̓δει ή̓δη
Genitive ή̓δους ή̓δοιν ἠδέων
Dative ή̓δει ή̓δοιν ή̓δεσιν*
Accusative ἦδος ή̓δει ή̓δη
Vocative ῆ̓δος ή̓δει ή̓δη

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦτο μόνον Ἀττικοὶ τῶν ἡδυσμάτων ἦδοσ καλοῦσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 762)
  • ἀλλὰ τί μύθων ἦδοσ; (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 22:24)
  • ἀλλὰ τί μύθων ἦδοσ; (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 5:31)
  • ἀλλ’ οὔ σφιν τῶν ἦδοσ, ἐπεὶ γλυκὺν ἐξεκένωσαν θυμὸν ἐσ εὐρεῖαν σχεδίαν στυγνοῦ Ἀχέροντοσ, ἄμναστοι δὲ τὰ πολλὰ καὶ ὄλβια τῆνα λιπόντεσ δειλοῖσ ἐν νεκύεσσι μακροὺσ αἰῶνασ ἔκειντο, εἰ μὴ κεῖνοσ ἀοιδὸσ ὁ Κήιοσ αἰόλα φωνέων βάρβιτον ἐσ πολύχορδον ἐν ἀνδράσι θῆκ’ ὀνομαστοὺσ ὁπλοτέροισ, τιμᾶσ δὲ καὶ ὠκέεσ ἔλλαχον ἵπποι, οἵ σφισιν ἐξ ἱερῶν στεφανηφόροι ἦλθον ἀγώνων. (Theocritus, Idylls, 22)
  • τόν με κατακτείναντα κατέκτανον, οὐ δέ μοι ἦδοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 331)

Synonyms

  1. delight

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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