γλῠκύς, εῖα
(-ῆα[[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.2), ύ (-ύν “IG” 14.1890)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], sweet to the taste or smell, νέκταρ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.598; οἶνος 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 124, etc.; γλυκὺ ὄζειν 4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 1, probably in 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ὀξύς, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δριμύς, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708e: mostly _metaphorically_, even in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], pleasant, delightful, ἵμερος, ὕπνος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.139, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.395; γ. αἰών 5.152, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ᾽ ἠὲ νέεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.453; οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.34, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.2, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1036, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γλυκύ [ἐστι], with infinitive, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 698, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 210; θανεῖν γλύκιστον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.47; ὅτῳ.. μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1335 (Lyric poetry), compare 1390. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b of water, sweet, fresh, [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.8, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to πικρός, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἁλμυρός, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 355a33, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (but see above)] Refs 8th c.BC+], of persons, sweet, dear, γλυκεῖα (variant{-ῆα}) μᾶτερ [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 90; γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 106 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]: with infinitive, γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.52; frequently in epitaphs, “IG” 14.1472 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; also ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι [[ “POxy.” 33i13 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὦ γλυκύτατε my dear fellow, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 462, compare “Ec.” 124 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes in bad sense, simple, silly, ὡς γ. εἶ! [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also applied κατ᾽ ἀντίφρασιν to a swine, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).611] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γλυκὺ πνεῖον, of mustard, [[ 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 90. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]