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ἡδύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡδύς ἡδεῖα ἡδύ

Structure: ἡδυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a(nda/nw

Sense

  1. pleasant to the taste or smell, sweet
  2. (of persons) pleasant, welcome
  3. pleased, glad

Declension

First/Third declension

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

  • τί ἐξάγομεν ἑαυτοὺσ τοῦ ἡδίστου βίου καὶ ἐπιστεροῦμεν ἑαυτοὺσ τοῦ γλυκέοσ κόσμου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:23)
  • Ἡδίστου θεάματοσ ἀπελείφθησ, οἱο͂ν οὐκ ἂν ἄλλο ἴδοισ ἔτι. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 15)
  • ἄλλωσ τε οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην πλουτήσασ ἐπ̓ ὀλίγον ὑπηνέμιόν τινα πλοῦτον ἀνιᾶσθαι μετ̓ ὀλίγον ψιλὴν τὴν μᾶζαν ἐσθίων, οἱᾶ ὑμεῖσ πείσεσθε μετ̓ ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν ἡ εὐδαιμονία μὲν ὑμῖν καὶ ὁ πολὺσ πλοῦτοσ οἴχηται ἀποπτάμενοσ, αὐτοὶ δὲ καταβάντεσ ἀπὸ τῶν θησαυρῶν τε καὶ διαδημάτων ὥσπερ ἐξ ἡδίστου ὀνείρατοσ ἀνεγρόμενοι ἀνόμοια τὰ ἐπὶ τῆσ οἰκίασ εὑρίσκητε ὥσπερ οἱ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ ὑποκρινόμενοι τραγῳδοὶ ἐξελθόντεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεάτρου λιμώττοντεσ οἱ πολλοί, καὶ ταῦτα πρὸ ὀλίγου Ἀγαμέμνονεσ ὄντεσ ἢ Κρέοντεσ. (Lucian, 79:1)
  • Συγγνώμη, ὦ Αἰᾶν, εἰ ἄνθρωποσ ὢν ὠρέχθη δόξησ ἡδίστου πράγματοσ, ὑπὲρ οὗ καὶ ἡμῶν ἕκαστοσ κινδύνουσ ὑπέμενεν, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐκράτησέ σου καὶ ταῦτα ἐπὶ Τρωσὶ δικασταῖσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:3)
  • "ἐμοὶ δέ, παῖ δωρόδειπνε, ἀσσαρίου κανδήλασ πρίω, ἵνα κἀγὼ κατὰ τὸν καλὸν Ἀγάθωνα ἀναφωνήσω τάδε τὰ τοῦ ἡδίστου Ἀριστοφάνουσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, compendium in ce 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. pleasant to the taste or smell

  2. pleasant

  3. pleased

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