1. ἡδύς · hēdys — Beekes
sweet, tasteful, pleasant, pleasing
The corpus record
ἡδύς
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sweet, tasteful, pleasant, pleasing
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Hiero 22 · 36.91/10k
- Eudemian Ethics 94 · 36.02/10k
- Hippias Major 27 · 31.98/10k
- Nicomachean Ethics 166 · 29.48/10k
- Letter 4 2 · 24.3/10k
- Rhetoric 101 · 23.49/10k
- Protagoras 34 · 19.13/10k
- Symposium 18 · 18.9/10k
- De Sensu et Sensibilibus 13 · 16.63/10k
- Letter 8 1 · 15.04/10k
- Gorgias 38 · 14.44/10k
- Economics 25 · 14.05/10k
Densest 12 of 141 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἡδύς · hēdys — Frisk
süß, wohlschmeckend, angenehni, erfreulich
3. ἡδύς · hēdys — Frisk
Für νήδυμος als die richtige Form Wyatt Metr
4. ἡδύς · hēdys — LSJ
pleasant, rather, pleasures
Attestations
- ἡδὺ · hēdy Iliad 2.270
- ἡδὺ · hēdy Iliad 4.17
- ἡδέϊ · hēdei Iliad 4.131
- ἡδὺ · hēdy Iliad 7.387
- ἡδὺ · hēdy Iliad 11.378
- ἡδὺ · hēdy Iliad 21.508
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 557; entry #2423 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 655; entry #2303 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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