# ἁνδάνω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swh₂-n-d-, a nasal-infixed present (ie. containing a N progressive aspect marker) from the root *sweh₂d- (“sweet”), from which also ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) and ἥδομαι (hḗdomai, “enjoy”). A similarly formed present stem is λαμβάνω (lambánō, “take”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /han.dá.nɔː/ → /anˈda.no/ → /anˈda.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /han.dá.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /(h)anˈda.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /anˈda.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /anˈda.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /anˈda.no/

### Verb

ἁνδάνω • (handánō)
* (transitive) to please to delight, to gratify [with dative ‘someone’]
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad :Ἔνθ' ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες ἐπευφήμησαν Ἀχαιοὶ αἰδεῖσθαί θ’ ἱερῆα καὶ ἀγλαὰ δέχθαι ἄποινα· ἀλλ’ οὐκ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ, ἀλλὰ κακῶς ἀφίει ...Énth' álloi mèn pántes epeuphḗmēsan Akhaioì aideîsthaí th’ hierêa kaì aglaà dékhthai ápoina; all’ ouk Atreḯdēi Agamémnoni hḗndane thumôi, allà kakôs aphíei ...Then all the other Achaeans cried out in favor of honoring the priest and taking the shining ransom, but it didn't please Agamemnon son of Atreus in his heart, and he sent him away harshly ...
* (in Herodotus, of the opinion of a group of people, transitive) to be thought, decided, chosen [with dative ‘by someone’]
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.172:Θεσσαλοὶ δὲ ὑπὸ ἀναγκαίης τὸ πρῶτον ἐμήδισαν, ὡς διέδεξαν, ὅτι οὔ σφι ἥνδανε τὰ οἱ Ἀλευάδαι ἐμηχανῶντο.Thessaloì dè hupò anankaíēs tò prôton emḗdisan, hōs diédexan, hóti oú sphi hḗndane tà hoi Aleuádai emēkhanônto.The Thessalians first sided with the Persians out of necessity, as was shown by the fact that they didn't agree with what the Aleuadae were planning.
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.19:Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ ὡς ἐς τὸν Ἰσθμὸν ἦλθον, ἐν τούτῳ ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο. πυνθανόμενοι δὲ ταῦτα οἱ λοιποὶ Πελοποννήσιοι τοῖσι τὰ ἀμείνω ἑάνδανε, οἳ δὲ καὶ ὁρῶντες ἐξιόντας Σπαρτιήτας, οὐκ ἐδικαίευν λείπεσθαι τῆς ἐξόδου Λακεδαιμονίων.Lakedaimónioi dè hōs es tòn Isthmòn êlthon, en toútōi estratopedeúonto. punthanómenoi dè taûta hoi loipoì Peloponnḗsioi toîsi tà ameínō heándane, hoì dè kaì horôntes exióntas Spartiḗtas, ouk edikaíeun leípesthai tês exódou Lakedaimoníōn.1920 translation by A. D. GodleyAs for the Lacedaemonians, when they had come to the Isthmus, they encamped there. When the rest of the Peloponnesians who chose the better cause heard that, seeing the Spartans setting forth to war, they thought that they should not lag behind the Lacedaemonians in so doing.

#### Usage notes

In the second definition, the opinion is the subject of the verb and the person who has the opinion is the indirect object (dative).

#### Synonyms

* (think): δοκέω (dokéō)

#### Derived terms

* ἐπιανδάνω (epiandánō)/ἐφανδάνω (ephandánō),

### Further reading

* “ἁνδάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἁνδάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ἁνδάνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἁνδάνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* ἁνδάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* ἁνδάνω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
* “ἁνδάνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter