ἁδοσύνα ἡδονή

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `rejoice, have pleasure',

Other forms: Dor. ἅδ-, Boeot. (Corinn.) Ϝάδ- ( γάδεται ἥδεται H.), aor. ἡσθῆναι (IA.), fut. ἡσθήσομαι (S., Pl.), aor. med. ἥσατο (ι 353)

Compounds: also with prefix, esp. συν-; rarely act. ἥδω, ἧσαι, ἥσω `have pleasure' (Antipho Soph., hell.; after τέρπω a. o.; Schwyzer-Debrunner 228). As 2. member - ηδής, generally connected with ἡδύς or ἥδομαι: ἀ-ηδής `unpleasant' (IA.), μελι-ηδής `as sweet as honey', θυμ-ηδής `heart-pleasing' a. o.

Derivatives: 1. ἦδος n. `pleasure' (Il.; on the absence of aspir. and the doubtful traces of the digamma Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 184 and 151); in the meaning `vinegar' backformation from ἡδύς, s. v.; 2. ἡδονή, Dor. ἁδονά `pleasure' (IA., Dor.; Schwyzer 490, Chantraine Formation 20) with ἡδονίς = ἀφύδιον (Cyran. 18), ἡδονικός (Arist.). 3. ἁδοσύνα ἡδονή H. 4. ἥσθημα `id.' (Eup.). 5. ἡστικός `pleasant' (S. E.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1039] * sueh₂d- `sweet'

Etymology: An exact formal counterpart is Skt. ἅπ. λεγ. svādate `become tasty(?)' (RV. 9, 68, 2; of soma); much more usual however is svadate, -ti `enjoy, taste well' resp. `make tasty, sweeten'. On -a- see Lubotsky, MSS 40 (1981) 133-8. The 2. member - ηδης agrees with Skt. prá-svādas- `pleasant' (RV. 10, 33, 6); the nasal suffix in ἡδ-ονή is seen in Skt. svā́d-ana- `making tasteful' (RV. 5, 7, 6), - anam n. `be tasteful' (class.). - See ἡδύς and ἁνδάνω, also ἀδημονέω.

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ἡδοσύνη, ἡ,= ἡδονή, [dialect] Dor. [full] ἁδοσύνᾱ, Hsch.