ἡδύνω

A. ἥδυνα Pl. Tht. 175e, Diph. 24:—Pass., aor. 1 ἡδύνθην Antiph. 90: pf. ἥδυσμαι Pl. (v. infr.), inf. ἡδύνθαι Phot.: (ἡδύς):—season a dish, c. acc., [κόκκυγας] Epich. 164; ὄψον Pl. Tht.l.c.; κρόμμυον . . οὐ μόνον σῖτον ἀλλὰ καὶ ποτὸν ἡδύνει X. Smp. 4.8; make pleasant, γεῦσιν, οἴνους, Thphr. Od. 9,10; even of salt (cf. ἡδονή 11), Arist. Mete. 359a34.

II. metaph., ἡ. θῶπας λόγους Pl. Tht.l.c.; ὁ ποιητὴς ἡ. τὸ ἄτοπον Arist. Po. 1460b2:—Pass., τὴν ἡδυσμένην μοῦσαν παραδέξῃ ἐν μέλεσιν Pl. R. 607a, cf. Arist. Po. 1449b28, Pol. 1340b17, D.H. Comp. 25; τοὺς λόγους ἡδύνεσθαι ἄν τι ὑπὸ τῶν φθόγγων X. Smp. 6.4.

2. delight, coax, gratify, κόλαξ ἥδυνέ τινα λόγῳ Diph. 24; ἡ. τὴν ἀκοήν D.H. Comp. 14:—Pass., Timo17.