ἁνδάνω
handano
please, delight, gratify
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἁνδάνω [δᾰ], impf. ἥνδανον, Ep. ἑήνδανον, in Ion. Prose ἑάνδανον 9.5 and 19 (in 7.172,8.29, codd. give ἥνδανον): fut. ἁδήσω 5.39: pf. ἅδηκα 100, Locr. ϝεϝάδηκα (v. infr. II); ἕᾱδα 1.867; part. ἑαδώς 11.9.173: aor. ἑᾰδον 4.201, 6.106, cf. SIG 57.40; Ep. εὔᾰδον (i.e. ἔϝαδον) Il. 14.340, Od. 16.28; ἅδον [ᾰ] Il. 13.748; 3sg. subj. ἅδῃ 1.133, opt. ἅδοι Od. 20.327, inf. ἁδεῖν Il. 3.173, Ant. 89: Later, aor. 1 ἧσα 2.3.7:—A. please, delight, gratify, mostly Ion. and poet., used like ἥδομαι, except as to construction: mostly c. dat. pers., Od. 2.114, P. 1.29, 5.39: also c. dupl. dat., Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ Il. 1.24, cf. Od. 16.28; εἴ σφωϊν κραδίη ἅδοι 20.327; Πηνελοπείῃ ἥνδανε μύθοισι pleased her with words, 16.398:—in ἁδόντα δʼ εἴη με τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ὁμιλεῖν the dat. belongs both to the part. and to the inf., P. 2.96: abs., τοῖσι δὲ πᾶσιν ἑαδότα μῦθον ἔειπε Il. 9.173, Od. 18.422: c.acc., v. dub. in 26, Or. 1607, both prob. corrupt readings. II. in ἁνδάνει expresses the opinion of a body of people, οὔ σφι ἥνδανε ταῦτα 7.172, cf. 9.5; τοῖσι τὰ ἀμείνω ἑάνδανε 9.19: c. inf., τοῖσι μὲν ἕαδε βοηθέειν Ἀθηναίοισι 6.106, cf. 4.145,153, 201; so ἐπείνύ τοι εὔαδεν οὔτες (sc. ποιεῖνʼ Il. 17.647, cf. Od. 2.114:— τὰ ϝεϝαδηκότα quae placuerunt, 9(1).334 (Locr.). III. Med., ἢν ἁνδάνηται Mul. 2.150; cf. τιμὴ δαίμοσιν ἁνδάνεται AP 10.7 (). (Cf. Skt. svádati, Lat. suādeo, suāvis, O. swēte, etc.)
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