1. sweet to the taste or smell, (Homer); to the hearing, (Homer); then of any pleasant feeling or state, as sleep, (Homer):—;with infinitive, ἡδὺς δρακεῖν (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι λόγος (Plato Philosophus):—; ἡδύ ἐστι or γίγνεται it is pleasant , (Homer), etc.:—;so, οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν I had rather not say, (Herdotus Historicus):—;neuter as Substantive, τὰ ἡδέα pleasures , (Thucydides):—;neuter as adverb, sweetly , (Iliad by Homer), etc.

2. after (Homer), of persons, pleasant, welcome , (Sophocles Tragicus)

3. well-pleased, glad , (Sophocles Tragicus); in addressing a person, ὦ ἥδιστε, Horace's dulcissime rerum , (Plato Philosophus)

4. like εὐήθης, innocent, simple , ὡς ἡδὺς εἶ (Plato Philosophus)

5. adverb ἡδέως, sweetly, pleasantly, with pleasure , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; ἡδέως ἂν ἐροίμην I would gladly ask, should like to ask, (Demosthenes Orator);—; ἡδ. ἔχειν τι to be pleased or content with, (Euripides); ἡδ. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τινί to be kind, well-disposed to one, (Demosthenes Orator):—; comparative ἥδιον (Plato Philosophus), etc.:—;Sup. ἥδιστα (Plato Philosophus) (ML)