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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Cognates include Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Latin suāvis, Old English swēte (English sweet), and Albanian shije.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛː.dýs/ → /iˈðys/ → /iˈðis/
Adjective
ἡδῠ́ς • (hēdús) m (feminine ἡδεῖᾰ, neuter ἡδῠ́); first/third declension
- pleasant to the taste or smell, sweet
- (of persons) pleasant, welcome
- pleased, glad
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “ἡδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἡδύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἡδύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἡδύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- content idem, page 167.
- contented idem, page 167.
- dear idem, page 198.
- delectable idem, page 207.
- delicious idem, page 208.
- delightful idem, page 208.
- desirable idem, page 215.
- dulcet idem, page 256.
- enchanted idem, page 270.
- enchanting idem, page 270.
- enjoyable idem, page 275.
- enticing idem, page 277.
- fascinating idem, page 308.
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- glad idem, page 360.
- grateful idem, page 370.
- happy idem, page 384.
- jocund idem, page 463.
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- lively idem, page 496.
- luscious idem, page 505.
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- merry idem, page 526.
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- palatable idem, page 589.
- pleasant idem, page 619.
- pleased idem, page 619.
- pleasing idem, page 620.
- ravishing idem, page 674.
- satisfactory idem, page 734.
- satisfied idem, page 734.
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