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pleasant to the taste, δεῖπνον Od. 20.391; of wine, 3.51, 9.197, etc.; to the smell, ἀμβροσίην . . ἡδὺ μάλα πνείουσαν 4.446; ὀδμὴ δʼ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει 9.210; to the hearing, δίδου δʼ ἡδεῖαν ἀοιδήν 8.64; αὐδή Hes. Th. 40; feelings or states, ἡ. ὕπνος Il. 4.131, Od. 1.364, al.; κοῖτος 19.510; ἡδὺ μάλα κνώσσουσα 4.809; ἡδὺς μῦθος, opp. ἀλγεινός, S. Ant. 12: c. inf., φέγγος ἥδιον δρακεῖν A. Ag. 602; ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι [λόγος] Pl. Men. 81d, cf. Ar. V. 503; later ἡ. ἀκουσθῆναι D.H. Comp. 9; εἰ . . τόδε πᾶσι φίλον καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο Il. 4.17, cf. 7.387: c. inf., οὐκ ἂν ἐμοί γε μετὰ φρεσὶν ἡδὺ γένοιτο ζωέμεν Od. 24.435; ἁδύ τι θαρσαλέαις τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι A. Pr. 536, etc.; so οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν I had rather not . . , Hdt. 2.46: neut. as Subst., τὸ διʼ ἀκοῆς τε καὶ διʼ ὄψεως ἡδύ Pl. Hp.Ma. 298a; μεμιγμένον τῷ σεμνῷ τὸ ἡ. D.H. Comp. 1; τὰ ἡ. pleasures, Th. 5.105, Pl. Grg. 495a, etc.: neut. as Adv., ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν merrily, Il. 2.270, etc.; ἁδὺ δὲ καὶ τὺ συρίσδες sweetly, Theoc. 1.2.
modulate, sing, μελίσδειν σύριγγι Theoc. 20.28:—mostly in Med., Pi. Parth. 2 Fr. 2.66, Pl.Com. 69.13, Theoc. 1.2, 7.89, APl. 16.307.5 ( Leon.):— Pass., Phld. Po.Herc. 994 Fr. 20.