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ἡδυχαρής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡδυχαρής ἡδυχαρές

Structure: ἡδυχαρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. sweetly joyous

Examples

  • μνημονεύει τοῦ μυροπώλου τούτου τοῦ Πέρωνοσ καὶ Θεόπομποσ ἐν Ἀδμήτῳ καὶ Ἡδυχάρει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 40 2:1)
  • ἡδυχαρὴσ γὰρ’ ἐήν κόποσ ἀνδράσι χ’ ὡρ́ιοσ οὗτοσ, μητρὸσ ἐπ’ εὐσεβίῃ κλεινὸν ἔθεντο πόνον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 3, chapter 184)
  • Θεόπομποσ γοῦν ἐν Ἡδυχάρει φησὶν οὕτωσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 25:3)

Synonyms

  1. sweetly joyous

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

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