Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • υἱὸσ ἀγαπητὸσ Ἐφραὶμ ἐμοί, παιδίον ἐντρυφῶν, ὅτι ἀνθ’ ὧν οἱ λόγοι μου ἐν αὐτῷ, μνείᾳ μνησθήσομαι αὐτοῦ. διὰ τοῦτο ἔσπευσα ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, ἐλεῶν ἐλεήσω αὐτόν, φησὶ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 38:20)
  • "ὦ ἄνδρεσ, ἐμοὶ μόνοσ ἐστὶ καὶ ἀγαπητόσ, ὥσπερ ἴστε· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 27 10:1)
  • ὁ δὲ πατρὶ ἐοικὼσ παῖσ ἀγαπητὸσ ἔγεντο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 31)
  • οὔτ’ ἐγένεθ’, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, Ἀλκιβιάδῃ τῷ Κλεινίου ἐραστὴσ οὔτ’ ἔστιν ἀλλ’ ἢ εἷσ μόνοσ, καὶ οὗτοσ ἀγαπητόσ, Σωκράτησ ὁ Σωφρονίσκου καὶ Φαιναρέτησ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 174:2)
  • οὐ μὴν Νικήρατόσ γ’ οὕτωσ ὁ τοῦ Νικίου, ὁ ἀγαπητόσ, ὁ ἄπαισ, ὁ παντάπασιν ἀσθενὴσ τῷ σώματι· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 214:1)

Synonyms

  1. beloved

  2. desirable

  3. worthy of love

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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