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ἦδος

ἦδος, delight, enjoyment, pleasure

ἦδος, εος, τό (Aeolic, acc. to Hdn.Gr. 2.904),
  • delight, pleasure, οὐδέ τι δαιτὸς ἐσθλῆς ἔσσεται ἦ. Il. 1.576; ἀλλὰ μίνυνθα ἡμέων ἔσσεται ἦ. 11.318; ἀλλὰ τί μοι τῶν ἦ.; what delight have I therefrom? 18.80; αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ τί τόδʼ ἦ.; Od. 24.95, cf. Theoc. 16.40, A.R. 3.314.—In this sense almost confined to Ep. and nom. sg.; in late Prose, πρὸς τὸ ἦ. Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.20.
    • II = ὄξος, vinegar, used as a flavouring, τοῦτο μόνον Ἀττικοὶ τῶν ἡδυσμάτων ἦ. καλοῦσι Ath. 2.67c, cf. Poll. 6.65, Eust. 1417.19, prob. l. in Antiph. 134.4—Dor. form ἇδος (in both senses), EM 18.12, Hsch. s.v. γᾶδος.

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