A.= κυδάλιμος, in Hom. always in fem., as epith. of Hera and Leto, “Διὸς κυδρὴ παράκοιτις” Il.18.184, Od.11.580; of Pallas, h.Hom.28.1; “Δίκη” Hes.Op.257 (v.l. κυδνή); θεαί, of the Nymphs, A.Fr.168 (hex.); rarely of a mortal woman, Od.15.26: masc. first in h.Merc.461, Alcm.9; of a man, X.Ap.29; of a horse, “κυδρῷ τῷ σχήματι φέρεται” Id.Eq.10.16; κυδρότερον πίνειν to drink more lustily, Ion Eleg.2.10.—Poet. word, used once in Trag., and twice by X.—Besides regul. Comp. “κυδρότερος” Xenoph.2.6, B.1.54, we find κυδίων, -ιστος (v. κύδιστος), also “κυδέστερος” Plb.3.96.7: Sup. “κυδίστατος” Nic.Th.3; “κυδότερος, -ότατος” EM543.29.
κυ_δρός , ά, όν, (κῦδος)