φιλάγαθος
ἐξ ὀνύχων λέοντα τεκμαίρεσθαι → judge by the claws, judge by a slight but characteristic mark, small traits give the clue to the character of a person, deduce something from a small indication, identify a lion from its claws
English (LSJ)
ον,
A loving goodness, Arist.MM1212b18, LXX Wi. 7.22, Scymn.104, Ph.2.136, Plu.Comp.Thes.Rom.1, Wilcken Chr.20 ii 11 (ii A. D.); as honorary epithet in inscrr. of religious associations, etc., IG22.1326.8, etc.; so in Adv. -θως ib.12(5).860.6 (Tenos), SIG762.13 (Odessus, i B. C.), prob. in Supp.Epigr.2.485 (Panticapaeum, iii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1273] das Gute, die Guten liebend, Freund des Guten, der Rechtschaffenheit; Arist. magn. mor. 2, 14; N. T.; Plut. Comp. Rom. et Th. 2 u. öfter, u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῐλάγαθος: -ον, ὁ φιλῶν τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Μεγ. 2. 14, 3, Πλούτ., κλπ. ― Ἐπίρρ. -θως, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2335. 5., 2693. 11, κ. ἀλλ.
