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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

  • τίσ τὴν ἀγαπητὴν παῖδά σοὐξῃρήσατο; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode41)
  • τοῦτον ζηλῶσαι λέγεται καὶ Δημοσθένην τὸν ῥήτορα, τὴν μόνην καὶ ἀγαπητὴν ἀπολέσαντα θυγατέρα, περὶ ἧσ φησιν Αἰσχίνησ, κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ δόξασ, ταυτί. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 33 11:2)
  • ἀσπάσασθε Περσίδα τὴν ἀγαπητήν, ἥτισ πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν ἐν κυρίῳ. (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 11 159:2)
  • νῦν γὰρ ἔστιν ἀνδρείωσ ἀγωνισαμένοισ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀπολαβεῖν, ἣν καὶ δι’ αὐτὴν ἅπασιν ἀγαπητὴν οὖσαν ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ ἐξουσίασ τοῦ θρησκεύειν τὸ θεῖον ποθεινοτέραν εἶναι συμβέβηκεν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 12 352:2)

Synonyms

  1. beloved

  2. desirable

  3. worthy of love

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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