ἦδος

edos

delight, pleasure

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 1 1
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1576
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11318
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

1880
Odyssey 2
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Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18404
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

2495

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἦδος, εος, τό (Aeolic, acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.904), A. delight, pleasure, οὐδέ τι δαιτὸς ἐσθλῆς ἔσσεται ἦ. Il. 1.576; ἀλλὰ μίνυνθα ἡμέων ἔσσεται ἦ. 11.318; ἀλλὰ τί μοι τῶν ἦ.; what delight have I therefrom? 18.80; αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ τί τόδʼ ἦ.; Od. 24.95, cf. Theoc. 16.40, A.R. 3.314.—In this sense almost confined to Ep. and nom. sg.; in late Prose, πρὸς τὸ ἦ. Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.20. II. = ὄξος, vinegar, used as a flavouring, τοῦτο μόνον Ἀττικοὶ τῶν ἡδυσμάτων ἦ. καλοῦσι Ath. 2.67c, cf. Poll. 6.65, Eust. 1417.19, prob. l. in Antiph. 134.4—Dor. form ἇδος (in both senses), EM 18.12, Hsch. s.v. γᾶδος.

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