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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

  • καὶ εἶπε. λαβὲ τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν ἀγαπητόν, ὃν ἠγάπησασ, τὸν Ἰσαάκ, καὶ πορεύθητι εἰσ τὴν γῆν τὴν ὑψηλὴν καὶ ἀνένεγκον αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐφ̓ ἓν τῶν ὀρέων, ὧν ἄν σοι εἴπω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:2)
  • καὶ εἶπε. μὴ ἐπιβάλῃσ τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ παιδάριον μηδὲ ποιήσῃσ αὐτῷ μηδέν. νῦν γὰρ ἔγνων, ὅτι φοβῇ σὺ τὸν Θεὸν καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσω τοῦ υἱοῦ σου τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ δἰ ἐμέ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:12)
  • κατ̓ ἐμαυτοῦ ὤμοσα, λέγει Κύριοσ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἐποίησασ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσω τοῦ υἱοῦ σου τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ δἰ ἐμέ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:16)
  • καὶ εἶπε τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ. τίμα τοὺσ πενθερούσ σου, αὐτοὶ νῦν γονεῖσ σού εἰσιν. ἀκούσαιμί σου ἀκοὴν καλήν, καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτήν. καὶ Ἔδνα εἶπε πρὸσ Τωβίαν. ἀδελφὲ ἀγαπητέ, ἀποκαταστήσαι σε ὁ Κύριοσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ δῴη μοι ἰδεῖν σου παιδία ἐκ Σάρρασ τῆσ θυγατρόσ μου, ἵνα εὐφρανθῶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου. καὶ ἰδοὺ παρατίθεμαί σοι τὴν θυγατέρα μου ἐν παρακαταθήκῃ, μὴ λυπήσῃσ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 10:12)
  • Εἰσ τὸ τέλοσ, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀλλοιωθησομένων. τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Κορὲ εἰσ σύνεσιν. ᾠδὴ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 44:1)
  • 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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