ἥδυσμα, ατος, τό,
(ἡδύνω) relish, seasoning, sauce, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 678, “V.” 496, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 332d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.5, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.4.6, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of vinegar, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.67c: _metaphorically_, οὐ.. ἡδύσματι χρῆται ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐδέσματι τοῖς ἐπιθέτοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406a19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ μελοποιΐα μέγιστον τῶν ἡ. [[ [prev. author] “Po.” 1450b16, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.207b ] Refs 4th c.AD+]: in plural, spices, aromatics, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.202, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.61, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.995c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]