ἥδομαι

ἥδομαι, Boeot. ϝἅδ- [ᾱ] Corinn. in BKT 5(2).34, Dor. ἅδ- [ᾱ], Aeol. ἄδ- [ᾱ] Sapph. Supp. 24.10: fut. ἡσθήσομαι S. OT 453, Pl. Phdr. 233e, etc.: aor. 1 ἥσθην (post-Homeric, v. infr.), also ἠδέσθην (sic) Hsch., Med. ἡσάμην Od. 9.353: (swād-, cf. ἁνδάνω, ἡδύς):—

• enjoy oneself, take oneʼs pleasure, once in Hom., Od. l.c.; freq. in Hdt. and Att.:—Constr.:
• • • 1 with part., ἥσατο πίνων Od. l.c.; ἥσθη ἀκούσας he was glad to have heard, Hdt. 3.34; ἥδοιʼ ἂν . . ἰδοῦσα A. Pr. 758, cf. S. Ph. 882; δρῶντες ἃν ἡδώμεθα (sc. δρῶντες) Id. Aj. 1085; οἷʼ ἂν . . ἡσθείη λαβών Id. El. 1325; ἥ. θωπευομένους Ar. Ach. 635, etc.
    • 2 c. dat., ἥδεσθαί τινι to delight in or at a thing or person, Hdt. 1.69, al., Th. 1.120, etc.; ἅπαντες ἡδόμεσθά σοι Ar. Eq. 623 (lyr.): in aor., ironically, ἥσθην ἀπειλαῖς I am amused at your threats, ib. 696, cf. Nu. 174: once c. gen., πώματος ἥσθη he enjoyed the draught, S. Ph. 715 (lyr.).
    • 3 c. acc. and part., ἥσθην πατέρα τὸν ἀμὸν εὐλογοῦντά σε I am pleased to hear you praising him, ib. 1314; δόμους ἥδεται πληρουμένους E. Fr. 328.1.
    • 4 with neut. Adj., ἕτερον ἥσθην Ar. Ach. 13; τοῦθʼ ἥδομαι Id. Ra. 748 (cod. R); ἥσθην βαιά Id. Ach. 2; βραχέα ἡσθεῖσα Th. 3.40: c. acc. cogn., ἡδονὰς ἥδεσθαι Pl. Phlb. 63a, etc.
    • 5 folld. by a Prep., ἥδεσθαι ἐπί τινι X. Cyr. 8.4.11, Pl. Phlb. 48b, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Lys. 2.26; but πρὸς ὀλίγον ἡσθεὶς ναυτιᾷ for a little time, Arr. Epict. 4.9.4.
    • 6 ἥδομαι ὅτι . . Ar. Nu. 773.
    • 7 abs., ὡς ἥδομαι καὶ χαίρομαι κεὐφραίνομαι Ar. Pax 291, cf. Plu. Virt.mor. 2.449a, etc.; esp. in part., as Adj., glad, delighted. ἡδομένα ψυχᾷ, φωνᾷ, E. Fr. 754 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 236 (lyr.); τὸ ἡδόμενον Plu. An.procr. 2.1025e, Suav. 1101f: freq. in dat., ἡδομένοισι ἦν τὸ γινόμενον they were pleased at . ., Hdt. 8.10, cf. 9.46; ἐὰν ὑμῖν ἡδομένοις (sc. ᾖ) Antipho 6.8, cf. Pl. Phd. 78b, La. 187c; τὸ ἡδόμενον κατὰ σάρκα Epicur. Sent. 4.
  • II Act., ἥδω please, delight, c. acc. pers., aor., ἧσε Anacr. 148: so later pres., ἥδει Muson. Fr. 18Bp.103 H.; ἥδομεν Men. Mon. 38: aor. 1 ἧσα Ephipp. 6.5 (s.v.l.), Ael. NA 10.48, Hld. 10.32, AP 7 lemma (λαλῆσαι f.l. for ἀλλʼ ἧσαι) ; τὰ ἥδοντα joys, pleasures, opp. τὰ λυποῦντα, Antipho Soph. Oxy. 1364.116, cf. Pl. Ax. 366a, Diog. Oen.29; τὸ ἧδον S.E. M. 7.203.

†ἥδομαι

[ἡδύς.]

3 sing. aor. ἥσατο Od. 9.353.

Aor. pple. ἄσμενος, -ου Il. 14.108, Il. 20.350: Od. 9.63, 566, Od. 10.134.

• • 1

    In aor., to conceive delight or pleasure.

    With pple., expressing the occasion: ἥσατο πίνων Od. 9.353.

  • 2

    In aor. pple., having conceived or conceiving pleasure, well-pleased, glad: ἐμοί κεν ἀσμένῳ εἴη (I should be glad . . .) Il. 14.108, φύγεν ἄσμενος ἐκ θανάτοιο (was glad to flee . . .) Il. 20.350: προτέρω πλέομεν ἄσμενοι ἐκ θανάτοιο (glad to have escaped . . .) Od. 9.63 = Od. 9.566 = Od. 10.134.

ἥδομαι (ἡδύς): only aor. ἥσατο, was delighted, Od. 9.353†.

ἥδομαι

• to enjoy oneself, take delight, take oneʼs pleasure, Od., etc.—Construction:
• • • 1with participle, ἥσατο πίνων Od.; ἥσθη ἀκούσας he was glad to have heard, Hdt., etc.
    • 2c. dat., ἥδεσθαί τινι to delight in or at a thing, Hdt., etc.; ἐπί τινι Xen., etc.;—rarely c. gen., πώματος ἥσθη he enjoyed the draught, Soph.
    • 3c. acc. and part., ἥσθην πατέρα τὸν ἀμὸν εὐλογοῦντά σε I was pleased to hear you praising him, Soph.
    • 4part. as an adj. glad, delighted, Ar.: also, like βουλομένωι, ἀσμένωι, in the phrase ἡδομένωι ἐστί μοί τι I am well pleased at the thing happening, Hdt., Plat.