ἡδύπνοος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾱ̔δῠ́πνοος (hādŭ́pnoos)Doric

Etymology

ἡδῠ́ς (hēdŭ́s, pleasant, sweet) +‎ πνέω (pnéō, blow, breathe) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἡδῠ́πνοος or ἡδῠ́πνους • (hēdŭ́pnoos or hēdŭ́pnousm or f (neuter ἡδῠ́πνοον or ἡδῠ́πνουν); second declension

  1. breathing sweetness, sweet-breathing
    • 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 840, (lyrical):
      αὖραι
      aûrai
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.22, (of musical sound, in the sense “delightful to hear”):
      Μοῖσ’ ἁδύπνοος
      Moîs’ hadúpnoos
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 2.25, (of musical sound, in the sense “delightful to hear”):
      ἁδυπνόῳ τέ νιν ἀσπάζοντο φωνᾷ [sc. κάρυκες]
      hadupnóōi té nin aspázonto phōnāî [sc. kárukes]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 480, (lyrical, of auspicious dreams)
  2. sweet-smelling, fragrant

Declension

Synonyms

  • ἡδῠ́πνευστος (hēdŭ́pneustos)

Noun

ἡδῠ́πνοος or ἡδῠ́πνους • (hēdŭ́pnoos or hēdŭ́pnousm (genitive ἡδῠπνόου or ἡδῠ́πνου); second declension

  1. a lamb not yet weaned
    Synonym: ἡδῠ́χροος (hēdŭ́khroos)
    • a. AD 893, Photius, Lexicon 1.255:[1]
      ἡδύχρους· τὸ ἐν γάλατι ὑπάρχον ἀρνίον καὶ μήπω γεγευμένον πόας· ὃ καὶ ἡδύπνουν λέγουσιν.
      hēdúkhrous; tò en gálati hupárkhon arníon kaì mḗpō gegeuménon póas; hò kaì hēdúpnoun légousin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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