ἡδύς

ἡδύς
ἡδύς
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: `sweet, tasteful, pleasant, pleasing' (Il.);
Other forms: Dor. ἁδύς, El. etc. Ϝαδύς
Compounds: very often as 1. member, e. g. ἡδυ-επής `with sweet words, sounding pleasant' (Il.); as 2. member -ηδής, s. ἥδομαι. On ἡδίων (rare a. late ἡδύτερος), ἥδιστος s. Seiler Steigerungsformen 57f.
Derivatives: ἥδυμος `sweet, comforting', dactylic variant of ἡδύς, of ὕπνος (Il.; in Hom. always wrongly νήδυμος, s. Bechtel Lex. s. v., Leumann Hom. Wörter 44f.), also Α῝δυμος as PN; cf. ἔτυμος and Schwyzer 494, Chantraine Formation 151f.; ἡδύλος `id.', hypocoristic enlargement (A. D., EM) with ἡδυλίζω `flatter, tempt' (Men.), ἡδυλίσαι συνουσιάσαι, ἡδυλισμός συνουσία H.; also as PN with `Ηδυλίνη (Attica IVa), `Ηδύλειος (Delos IIIa); further `Ηδυτώ (Attica Va; after Έρατώ a. o.), `Ηδάριον (Rhodes; after the dimin. in -άριον). Backformation ἦδος `vinegar' (Ath.), cf. γᾶδος (= Ϝ-) γάλα, ἄλλοι ὄξος H., on the meaning Schwyzer Festschrift Kretschmer 244ff.; also Pisani KZ 68, 176f. (where unclear Arm. k`ac̣ax `vinegar' is discussed). Denomin. verb ἡδύνω `sweeten, make tasteful, spice' (IA.) with ἥδυσμα, -μάτιον `spice' (Ion.-Att.), ἡδυσμός, ἡδυν-τός, -τικός, -τήρ `spiced etc.' (also from salt).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1039] *sueh₂d- `sweet'
Etymology: Old word for `sweet', identical with Skt. svādú-, Gaul. Suadu-rīx, -genus , IE *sueh₂dú-s; also Lat. suāvis, Germ., e. g. OHG suozi, OE. swēte `sweet'. The full grade perhaps from the comparative ἡδίων, Skt. svā́dīyas- (also ἥδιστος = svā́diṣṭha-). The zero grade in Lith. súdyti `spice, salt', Skt. sūdáyati, perf. pl. su-ṣūd-imá `make tasteful'. - Forms in W.-Hofmann s. suāvis. S. also ἥδομαι, ἁνδάνω.
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