Ἀγάθων

See also: αγαθών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) +‎ -ων (-ōn, Strabon suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡá.tʰɔːn/ → /aˈɣa.θon/ → /aˈɣa.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡá.tʰɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.θon/

Proper noun

Ἀγάθων • (Agáthōn) m (genitive Ἀγάθωνος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Agathon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀγάθων; τοῦ Ἀγάθωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀγάθων ho Agáthōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀγάθωνος toû Agáthōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἀγάθωνῐ tôi Agáthōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀγάθωνᾰ tòn Agáthōna
Vocative	Ἀγάθων Agáthōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αγάθων (Agáthon), Αγάθωνας (Agáthonas)
• → Latin: Agathon

References

• “Ἀγάθων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀγάθων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000