γλυκύς
γλῠκύς,
εῖα (
A). -ῆα Herod. 4.2 ),
ύ (
-ύν IG 14.1890 ),
sweet to the taste or
smell,
νέκταρ Il. 1.598 ;
οἶνος Epich. 124 , etc.;
γλυκὺ ὄζειν Cratin.Jun. 1 , prob. in
Crates Com. 2 ; opp.
ὀξύς,
Hp. Vict. 2.55 ; opp.
δριμύς,
Plu. 2.708e : mostly metaph., even in
Hom.,
pleasant, delightful,
ἵμερος, ὕπνος,
Il. 3.139 ,
Od. 2.395 ;
γ. αἰών 5.152 ,
Hdt. 7.46 ;
πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ’ ἠὲ νέεσθαι Il. 2.453 ;
οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων Od. 9.34 , cf.
Pi. N. 5.2 ,
E. Med. 1036 , etc.;
γλυκύ [ἐστι], c. inf.,
A. Pr. 698 ,
Alex. 210 ;
θανεῖν γλύκιστον B. 3.47 ;
ὅτῳ .. μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ S. OT 1335 (lyr.), cf.
1390 .
2). after
Hom. (but v. supr.), of persons,
sweet, dear,
γλυκεῖα ( v.l.
-ῆα )
μᾶτερ Sapph. 90 ;
γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου S. OC 106 : c. inf.,
γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν Pi. P. 6.52 ; freq. in epitaphs,
IG 14.1472 ( Sup.), etc.; also
ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι POxy. 33i13 (ii A. D.);
ὦ γλυκύτατε my dear fellow,
Ar. Ach. 462 , cf.
Ec. 124 ; sts. in bad sense,
simple, silly,
ὡς γ. εἶ!
Pl. Hp.Ma. 288b ; also applied
κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν to a swine,
Gal. 18(2).611 ;
γλυκὺ πνεῖον, of mustard,
Matro Conv. 90 .
IV). Adv.
-κέως Poll. 4.24 . (Perh. fr.
Δλυκύς, cf. Lat.
dulcis.)
ShortDef
sweet
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
γλυκύς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
γλυκυς
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-22389
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γλῠκύς</span>, <span class="foreign greek">εῖα </span>(<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ῆα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.2 </a> ), <span class="foreign greek">ύ </span>( <span class="quote greek">-ύν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1890 </span> ), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sweet to the taste</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smell</span>, <span class="quote greek">νέκταρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.598/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.598 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἶνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 124 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">γλυκὺ ὄζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0435.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0435.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.Jun.</span> 1 </a> , prob. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Com.</span> 2 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὀξύς</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg031:2:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg031:2.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vict.</span> 2.55 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">δριμύς</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.708e </span>: mostly metaph., even in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pleasant, delightful</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἵμερος, ὕπνος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.139 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.395/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.395 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γ. αἰών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.152/canonical-url/"> 5.152 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.46 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ’ ἠὲ νέεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:453" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.453/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.453 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.34 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 5.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1036" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1036/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1036 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">γλυκύ [ἐστι</span>], c. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:698" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:698/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 698 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:210" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:210/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 210 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θανεῖν γλύκιστον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:3:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:3.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 3.47 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅτῳ .. μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1335" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1335/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1335 </a> (lyr.), cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1390" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1390/canonical-url/"> 1390 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of water, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sweet, fresh</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 1.8 </a>, etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">πικρός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.52 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἁλμυρός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:355a:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:355a.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 355a33 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> after <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (but v. supr.), of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sweet, dear</span>, <span class="foreign greek">γλυκεῖα</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">-ῆα</span> ) <span class="quote greek"> μᾶτερ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 90 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 106 </a> : c. inf., <span class="quote greek">γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 6.52 </a> ; freq. in epitaphs, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1472 </span> ( Sup.), etc.; also <span class="quote greek">ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 33i13 </span> (ii A. D.); <span class="foreign greek">ὦ γλυκύτατε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">my dear fellow</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 462 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 124 </a>; sts. in bad sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">simple, silly</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὡς γ. εἶ</span>! <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:288b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:288b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hp.Ma.</span> 288b </a>; also applied <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν</span> to a swine, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(2).611 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">γλυκὺ πνεῖον</span>, of mustard, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1486.tlg001:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1486.tlg001:90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Matro</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Conv.</span> 90 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> as Subst., <span class="foreign greek">ὁ γ.</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">οἶνος</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grape-syrup</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 59 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:172:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:172.14/canonical-url/"> 172.14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:875b:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:875b.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 875b2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:6:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:6.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 6.77 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1088.51 </span>; also <span class="quote greek">τὸ γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:386/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Al.</span> 386 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 234ii6 </span> (ii/iii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of the eye of Polyphemus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 6.22 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἡ γ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">γλυκύρριζα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:13:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:13:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.13.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἡ γ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">χολή</span> , Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:594" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:594/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 594 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Comp. and Sup. <span class="quote greek">γλυκίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γλύκιστος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:3:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:3.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 3.47 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:12:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:12.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 12.46 </a>, etc.; also <span class="quote greek">γλυκύτερος, -τατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.109 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> 19 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">γλύσσων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:38:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:38.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 38.2 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="quote greek">-κέως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:4:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:4.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 4.24 </a> . (Perh. fr. <span class="foreign greek">Δλυκύς</span>, cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dulcis.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}