ἀγαπητός

See also: αγαπητός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγαπατός (agapatós)

Etymology

From ἀγαπάω (agapáō, “to love”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.pɛː.tós/ → /a.ɣa.piˈtos/ → /a.ɣa.piˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.pɛː.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.pe̝ˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.piˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.piˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.piˈtos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓γᾰπητός • (agapētós) m (feminine ᾰ̓γᾰπητή, neuter ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν); first/second declension

1. beloved, dear (sometimes with a sense of uniqueness: solely beloved)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.18:

     νῦν αὖ παῖδ' ἀγαπητὸν ἀποκτεῖναι μεμάασιν

     nûn aû paîd' agapētòn apokteînai memáasin

     Now in turn they desire to slay his beloved child.

2. desirable, delightful
3. worthy of love, loveable
4. That which causes contentment

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓γᾰπητός; ᾰ̓γᾰπητή; ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓γᾰπητός agapētós	ᾰ̓γᾰπητή agapētḗ	ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν agapētón		ᾰ̓γᾰπητώ agapētṓ	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾱ́ agapētā́	ᾰ̓γᾰπητώ agapētṓ		ᾰ̓γᾰπητοί agapētoí	ᾰ̓γᾰπηταί agapētaí	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾰ́ agapētá
Genitive		ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῦ agapētoû	ᾰ̓γᾰπητῆς agapētês	ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῦ agapētoû		ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῖν agapētoîn	ᾰ̓γᾰπηταῖν agapētaîn	ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῖν agapētoîn		ᾰ̓γᾰπητῶν agapētôn	ᾰ̓γᾰπητῶν agapētôn	ᾰ̓γᾰπητῶν agapētôn
Dative		ᾰ̓γᾰπητῷ agapētôi	ᾰ̓γᾰπητῇ agapētêi	ᾰ̓γᾰπητῷ agapētôi		ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῖν agapētoîn	ᾰ̓γᾰπηταῖν agapētaîn	ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῖν agapētoîn		ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῖς agapētoîs	ᾰ̓γᾰπηταῖς agapētaîs	ᾰ̓γᾰπητοῖς agapētoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν agapētón	ᾰ̓γᾰπητήν agapētḗn	ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν agapētón		ᾰ̓γᾰπητώ agapētṓ	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾱ́ agapētā́	ᾰ̓γᾰπητώ agapētṓ		ᾰ̓γᾰπητούς agapētoús	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾱ́ς agapētā́s	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾰ́ agapētá
Vocative		ᾰ̓γᾰπητέ agapēté	ᾰ̓γᾰπητή agapētḗ	ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν agapētón		ᾰ̓γᾰπητώ agapētṓ	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾱ́ agapētā́	ᾰ̓γᾰπητώ agapētṓ		ᾰ̓γᾰπητοί agapētoí	ᾰ̓γᾰπηταί agapētaí	ᾰ̓γᾰπητᾰ́ agapētá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓γᾰπητῶς agapētôs				ᾰ̓γᾰπητότερος agapētóteros				ᾰ̓γᾰπητότᾰτος agapētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀγαπητός (Agapētós)

Descendants

• Greek: αγαπητός (agapitós)

Further reading

• “ἀγαπητός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγαπητός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγαπητός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγαπητός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀγαπητός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγαπητός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G27 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beloved idem, page 73.
  • dear idem, page 198.
  • delightful idem, page 208.
  • grateful idem, page 370.
  • gratifying idem, page 370.
  • loved idem, page 502.
  • lovely idem, page 502.
  • satisfactory idem, page 734.