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ἀγαθός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγαθός ἀγαθή ἀγαθόν

Structure: ἀγαθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. good, brave, noble, moral
  2. fortunate, lucky
  3. useful

Examples

  • μή, τέκνα, ὅτι οὐκ ἀγαθὴ ἡ ἀκοή, ἣν ἐγὼ ἀκούω. μὴ ποιεῖτε οὕτωσ, ὅτι οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ αἱ ἀκοαί, ἃσ ἐγὼ ἀκούω, τοῦ μὴ δουλεύειν λαὸν Θεῷ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:24)
  • μὴ εἴπῃσ. τί ἐγένετο ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι αἱ πρότεραι ἦσαν ἀγαθαὶ ὑπὲρ ταύτασ̣ ὅτι οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐπηρώτησασ περὶ τούτου. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 7:10)
  • καὶ μετὰ τὸ τέλοσ τῶν δέκα ἡμερῶν ὡράθησαν αἱ ἰδέαι αὐτῶν ἀγαθαὶ καὶ ἰσχυραὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶν ὑπὲρ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ ἐσθίοντα τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 1:15)
  • ὡσ ὅσαι γε ἀγαθαὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸν θυμόν γενναῖαι, ταύτασ δὲ οὐκ ἄν ποτε διαφύγοι λαγώσ, εἰ μή τισ δυσχωρία ἐμποδὼν γένοιτο, ἢ ὕλη ἀποκρύψασα, ἢ κατάδυσισ κοίλη καὶ βαθεῖα ἀφελομένη, ἢ τάφροσ διαδραμεῖν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ παρασχοῦσα. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 3:2)
  • ἀγαθαὶ δέ, ὅσαι μὴ κακόσιτοι, ἀλλ̓ ἄρτῳ ἢ μάζῃ χαίρουσιν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 8 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. good

  2. fortunate

  3. useful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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