ἥδομαι

A. 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 one's 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; ἥδοῑ ἂν . . ἰδοῦσα A. Pr. 758, cf. S. Ph. 882; δρῶντες ἃν ἡδώμεθα (sc. δρῶντες) Id. Aj. 1085; οἷ’ 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; τοῦθ’ 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. 2.449a, etc.; esp. in part., as Adj., glad, delighted. ἡδομένα ψυχᾷ, φωνᾷ, E. Fr. 754 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 236 (lyr.); τὸ ἡδόμενον Plu. 2.1025e, 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 ἀλλ’ 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.