A.sedulously, kindly, freq. in Hom. (esp. in Od.), with Verbs expressing friendly actions, as “πέμψαι” Od.14.337; “ὁμαρτεῖν” Il.24.438; “φιλέειν καὶ τιέμεν” Od.15.543; παρέχειν βρῶσίν τε πόσιν τε ib.491; so “ἐ. δέκεσθαι θυσίαισιν” Pi.P.5.85; “ῥύεσθαι” Theoc.25.25, etc.; “ἔχραεν” A.R.2.454.
2. greedily, ravenously, “ἐσθίειν” Od.14.109; ἐ. ῥινὸν σχίσσας, of a lion tearing his prey, Hes.Sc.427.--No Adj. ἐνδυκής occurs: but neut. ἐνδυκές, as Adv., is prob. l. in A.R.1.883; used for συνεχές, Nic. Th.263; expld. by συνεχές, συνετόν, ἀφελές, ἀσφαλές, γλυκύ, κτλ., Hsch. (Etym. dub.: for sense 1 perh. cf. ἀ-δευκής.)
