- ἁνδάνω
- ἁνδάνωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `please' (Il.)Other forms: Aor. ἀδεῖν (Aeol. εὔαδον in Homer), perf. ἕᾱδα. On the present Schwyzer 699; Att. ἥδομαι (s. v.). Used in political context as 'it pleased the people (to decide)', hence `to decide'.Dialectal forms: Dor. perhaps ἀ̄δάνω in ἀδάνοντα ἀρέσκοντα H. (Baunack Phil. 70, 353; cf. ληθάνω)Compounds: αὐθάδης s.s.v.Derivatives: ἅδος `decision, resolution' (Halic., Thasos), ἅδημα ψήφισμα H.; also Ϝάδιξις `id.' in γάδιξις ὁμολογία and ἄδιξις ὁμολογία παρὰ Ταραντίνοις H. (to *Ϝαδίζομαι).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1039] *sueh₂d-Etymology: The Ϝ- is seen in Aeol. εὔαδε (\< *ἔ-σϜαδ-ε), Cret. ἔϜαδε and Locr. ϜεϜαδηqότα. - The root also in{{}}ἥδομαι, ἡδύς (s. vv.). S. also ἄσμενος and αὑθάδης. - No exact parallels. Sanskrit has svádati, -te `please'. Perhaps from *suh₂-n̥-d- (LIV). Factit. Lat. suādeo `advise'.Page in Frisk: 1,104
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.