Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“ϝαδιούλογος” IG7.2788.3), Elean βα_δύς (q.v.): irreg. acc. ἁδέα for “ἡδύν” Theoc.20.44, for ἡδεῖαν ib.[8], Mosch.3.82: Ion. fem. ἡδέα^, Dor. ἁδέα: Comp. ἡδίων [ι_], Sup. “ἥδιστος” Od.13.80, etc.; also “ἡδύτερος” Thphr.HP3.2.1, Ps.-Phoc.195, AP9.247 (Phil.); ἡδύτατος ib.11.298.7, Plu.2.98e.

I. pleasant to the taste, “δεῖπνον” Od.20.391; of wine, 3.51, 9.197, etc.; to the smell, “ἀμβροσίην . . ἡδὺ μάλα πνείουσαν” 4.446; “ὀδμὴ δ᾽ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει” 9.210; to the hearing, “δίδου δ᾽ ἡδεῖαν ἀοιδήν” 8.64; “αὐδή” Hes.Th.40; feelings or states, “ἡ. ὕπνος” Il.4.131, Od.1.364, al.; “κοῖτος” 19.510; “ἡδὺ μάλα κνώσσουσα” 4.809; ἡδὺς μῦθος, opp. ἀλγεινός, S.Ant.12: c. inf., “φέγγος ἥδιον δρακεῖν” A.Ag.602; ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι [λόγος] Pl.Men.81d, cf. Ar.V.503; later “ἡ. ἀκουσθῆναι” D.H.Comp.9; “εἰ . . τόδε πᾶσι φίλον καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο” Il.4.17, cf. 7.387: c. inf., “οὐκ ἂν ἐμοί γε μετὰ φρεσὶν ἡδὺ γένοιτο ζωέμεν” Od.24.435; “ἁδύ τι θαρσαλέαις τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι” A.Pr.536, etc.; so οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν I had rather not . . , Hdt.2.46: neut. as Subst., “τὸ δι᾽ ἀκοῆς τε καὶ δι᾽ ὄψεως ἡδύ” Pl.Hp.Ma.298a; μεμιγμένον τῷ σεμνῷ τὸ ἡ. D.H.Comp.1; τὰ ἡ. pleasures, Th.5.105, Pl.Grg.495a, etc.: neut. as Adv., ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν merrily, Il.2.270, etc.; ἁδὺ δὲ καὶ τὺ συρίσδες sweetly, Theoc.1.2.

II. after Hom., of persons, welcome, S.OT82, Ph.530 (Sup.), El.929; ironically, “ἥδιστος . . δεσμώτης ἔσω θακεῖ” Id.Aj.105; like εὐήθης, innocent, simple, “ὡς ἡ. εἶ” Pl.Grg.491e, Plu.Art.17, etc.: Sup., ὦ ἥδιστε my good friend (iron.), Pl.R.348c, al.

2. well-pleased, glad, “ἡδίους ἔσεσθ᾽ ἀκούσαντες” D.23.64; “ἡδίους ταῖς ἐλπίσιν” Plu.Cam.32; τὴν γνώμην ἡδίω πρὸς τὸ μέλλον ποιεῖν to open a pleasanter view of the future, Id.Fab.5.

III. Adv. ἡδέως pleasantly, with pleasure, “καθεύδειν” Pl.Cri.43b; “εὕδειν” S.Tr.175; “δρᾶν” Id.Ant.70; “ὁρᾶν τινα” E.IA1122; “βίοτον ἄγειν” Id.Cyc.453; λαβεῖν, δέχεσθαι, Ar.Eq.440, X.Mem.1.2.4; ἡ. ἂν ἐροίμην I would gladly ask, should like to ask, D.18.64; ἡ. ἔχειν τι to be pleased or content with, E.Ion647 (but ἵν᾽ ἡ δόκησις Ξοῦθον ἡ. ἔχῃ ib.1602); οὐδὲ πότων ἡ. εἶχον had no inclination to drink, Hp.Epid.3.13; τινος, of a person, Macho ap.Ath.13.577e; ἡ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἅπαντας to be suave, courteous towards . . , Isoc.1.20; τινι D.5.15; ἡ. ἔχειν, of things, to be pleasant, E.IA483; “ἡ. ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα” S.Ant.436; iron., ἡ. γε 'prettily said', Pl.Hp.Ma.300c: Comp. “ἥδιον” Lys.7.40, Pherecr.67, etc.: Sup., “ἥδιστα μεντἂν ἤκουσα” Pl.Tht.183d, etc.

2. in Hom. neut. ἡδύ as Adv. (v. supr.), cf. “ἥδομαι. [ἥδι^ον” E.Supp.1101 (s.v.l.), Ar. V.298 (lyr.), Alex.25.6, but ἡδίον（α） [ι_] E.Cyc.251, etc.] (Skt. svādús, Lat. suāvis.）