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νήδυμος

νήδυμος, sweet, delightful

νήδῠμος, ον,
  • = ἥδυμος (q.v.), from which it arises through false division in the Homeric text, in Hom. always epith. of ὕπνος, Il. 2.2, al., also h.Ven. 171.
    • II in later Poets, not confined to ὕπνος, sweet, delightful, δονάκων Μοῦσα ν. h.Pan. 16; ν. Ὀρφεύς APl. 16.217; ν. ὕδωρ Nonn. D. 48.602; ἄνθος ib. 12.176. (Derived by Aristarch. from νη-, δύνω.)

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