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ἀγαπητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγαπητός ἀγαπητή ἀγαπητόν

Structure: ἀγαπητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 분사형 a)gapa/w,

Sense

  1. beloved, dear (sometimes with a sense of uniqueness: solely beloved)
  2. desirable, delightful
  3. worthy of love, loveable
  4. That which causes contentment

Examples

  • πότερον οὖν, ἔφη, νομίζεισ ἥδιον ὁρᾶν τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ δι’ ὧν τὰ καλά τε κἀγαθὰ καὶ ἀγαπητὰ ἤθη φαίνεται ἢ δι’ ὧν τὰ αἰσχρά τε καὶ πονηρὰ καὶ μισητά; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 6:6)
  • ἀγαπητὰ γὰρ καὶ ταῦτα, ἐπειδὴ τὰ μὲν οὕτω φαίνεται, τὰ δ’ οὐχ οὕτωσ ἔχοντα. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 128:5)
  • ἔτι δὲ τὸν ἥμερον καρπόν, τόν τε ξηρόν, ὃσ ἡμῖν τῆσ τροφῆσ ἕνεκά ἐστιν, καὶ ὅσοισ χάριν τοῦ σίτου προσχρώμεθα ‐ καλοῦμεν δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰ μέρη σύμπαντα ὄσπρια ‐ καὶ τὸν ὅσοσ ξύλινοσ, πώματα καὶ βρώματα καὶ ἀλείμματα φέρων, παιδιᾶσ τε ὃσ ἕνεκα ἡδονῆσ τε γέγονε δυσθησαύριστοσ ἀκροδρύων καρπόσ, ὅσα τε παραμύθια πλησμονῆσ μεταδόρπια ἀγαπητὰ κάμνοντι τίθεμεν, ἅπαντα ταῦτα ἡ τότε ποτὲ οὖσα ὑφ’ ἡλίῳ νῆσοσ ἱερὰ καλά τε καὶ θαυμαστὰ καὶ πλήθεσιν ἄπειρ’ ἔφερεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 61:1)
  • Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶσ γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλ’ ὡσ τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ νουθετῶν· (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 2 59:1)
  • τῷ δ’ ἦν ἀγαπητὰ ταῦτα. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 21:2)
  • ΩΣ ΑΓΑΠΗΤΑ τὰ σκηνώματά σου, Κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 83:2)

Synonyms

  1. beloved

  2. desirable

  3. worthy of love

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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