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ἀγαπητέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγαπητέος ἀγαπητέα ἀγαπητέον

Structure: ἀγαπητε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)gapa/w의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be loved, desired

Examples

  • ἰδιότητασ ἀγαπητέον οὖν, οὐ ταῦτα τιμῶντασ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τούτων τὸ θεῖον, ὡσ ἐναργεστέρων ἐσόπτρων καὶ φύσει γεγονότων, ὡσ ὄργανον ἢ τέχνην ἀεὶ τοῦ πάντα κοσμοῦντοσ; (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 76 1:1)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ἐν τῷ καλλίστῳ, ὃ καὶ δι’ αὑτὸ καὶ διὰ τὰ γιγνόμενα ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἀγαπητέον τῷ μέλλοντι μακαρίῳ ἔσεσθαι. (Plato, Republic, book 2 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be loved

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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