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 |Definition=[ᾰγ], ή, όν, Lacon. ἀγασός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1301</span>, Cypr. ἀζαθός <span class="title">GDI</span>57:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">good:</b> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">well-born, gentle</b>, opp. κακός, δειλός, οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες <span class="bibl">Od.15.324</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.1.275</span>; ἀφνειός τ' ἀ. τε <span class="bibl">Il.13.664</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.18.276</span>; πατρὸς δ' εἴμ' ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο μήτηρ <span class="bibl">Il.21.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.611</span>; κακὸς ἐξ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Thgn.190</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">57</span> sq.; πραῢς ἀστοῖς, οὐ φθονέων ἀγαθοῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 3.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.96</span>, <span class="bibl">4.285</span>; τίς ἂν εὔπατρις ὧδε βλάστοι; οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀ. κτλ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1082</span>; οἵ τ' ἀ. πρὸς τῶν ἀγενῶν κατανικῶνται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>84</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">649</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>600</span>, al.: ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>274a</span>:—in political sense, <b class="b2">aristocrats</b>, esp. in the phrase <b class="b3">καλοὶ κἀγαθοί</b> (v. sub <b class="b3">καλοκἀγαθός</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">brave, valiant</b>, since courage was attributed to Chiefs and Nobles, <span class="bibl">Il.1.131</span>, al.; τῷ κ' ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἔπεφν', ἀγαθὸν δέ κεν ἐξενάριξεν <span class="bibl">21.280</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.109</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">good, capable</b>, in reference to ability, ἀ. βασιλεύς <span class="bibl">Il.3.179</span>; ἰητήρ <span class="bibl">2.732</span>; θεράπων <span class="bibl">16.165</span>, <span class="bibl">17.388</span>; πύκτης <span class="bibl">Xenoph.2.15</span>; ἰητρός <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>1</span>; προβατογνώμων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 795</span>; ἄρχοντες <span class="bibl">Democr.266</span>: freq. with qualifying words, ἀ. ἐν ὑσμίνῃ <span class="bibl">Il.13.314</span>; βοὴν ἀ. <span class="bibl">2.408</span>,<span class="bibl">563</span>, al.; πύξ <span class="bibl">Od.11.300</span>; βίην <span class="bibl">Il.6.478</span>; γνώμην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>687</span>; πᾶσαν ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>899b</span>, cf. <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.124e; τέχνην Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>323b; <b class="b3">τὰ πολέμια, τὰ πολιτικά</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.122</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>516b</span>, etc.: more rarely c. dat., ἀ. πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>4.15</span>: with Preps., ἄνδρες ἀ. περὶ τὸ πλῆθος <span class="bibl">Lys.13.2</span>; εἴς τι Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.125a; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>407e</span>: c. inf., ἀ. μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.136</span>; ἱππεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">1.79</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἱστάναι</b> <b class="b2">good</b> at weighing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>356b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">good</b>, in moral sense, first in <span class="bibl">Thgn.438</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.104</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1082</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.7.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>41d</span>, etc.; ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς πατρὶς ὁ ξύμπας κόσμος <span class="bibl">Democr.247</span>: freq. with other Adjs., ὁ πιστὸς κἀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>541</span>; <b class="b3">δικαίων κἀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">1050</span>:—ironical, τὸν ἀ. Κρέοντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ὦ ἀγαθέ</b>, <b class="b2">my good friend</b>, as a term of gentle remonstrance, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>311a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. δαίμων</b>, v. sub <b class="b3">δαίμων; ἀ. τύχη</b>, v. sub <b class="b3">τύχη; ἀ. θεός</b> = Lat. <b class="b2">bona dea</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cic.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">good, serviceable</b>, Ἰθάκη . . ἀ. κουροτρόφος <span class="bibl">Od.9.27</span>, etc.; ἀ. τοῖς τοκεῦσι, τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>13.17</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">εἴ τι οἶδα πυρετοῦ ἀ</b>. <b class="b2">good for</b> it, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.8.3</span>; ἑλκῶν <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of outward circumstances, αἰδὼς οὐκ ἀ. κεχρημένῳ ἀνδρὶ παρεῖναι <span class="bibl">Od.17.347</span>; εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν <b class="b2">to good purpose</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.102</span>; ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀ. περ <b class="b2">for his own good end</b>, <span class="bibl">11.789</span>; οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη <span class="bibl">2.204</span>:—<b class="b3">ἀγαθόν [ἐστι</b>], c. inf., <b class="b2">it is good</b> to do so and so, <span class="bibl">Il.7.282</span>, <span class="bibl">24.130</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.196</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">morally good</b>, πρῆξις <span class="bibl">Democr.177</span>; ἔργα <span class="bibl">Emp.112.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>2.7</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἀγαθόν, τό,</b> <b class="b2">good, blessing, benefit</b>, of persons or things, ὦ μέγα ἀ. σὺ τοῖς φίλοις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.3.20</span>; φίλον, ὃ μέγιστον ἀ. εἶναί φασι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.4.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>74</span>, etc; as term of endearment for a baby, <b class="b2">blessing!, treasure!</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>28</span>:— <b class="b3">ἀγαθόν τινα δεδρακέναι, πεποιηκέναι</b> confer <b class="b2">a benefit</b> on... <span class="bibl">Th.3.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.92</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγαθῷ τινος</b> for one's <b class="b2">good</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.27</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.4.3</span>; ἐπ' ἀ. τοῖς πολίταις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1487</span>; οὐκ ἐπ' ἀ. <b class="b2">for no good end</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.131</span>; ἐπ' οὐδενὶ ἀ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.2.35</span>:—in pl., <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπ' ἀγαθοῖς γεναμένη</b> (sic) κατασπορά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>21.10</span> (iii A.D.):—<b class="b3">τὸ ἀ</b>. or <b class="b3">τἀ</b>., <b class="b2">the good</b>, <span class="bibl">Epich.171.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>506b</span>, <span class="bibl">508e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1091a31</span>, etc.:—in pl., <b class="b3">ἀγαθά, τά,</b> <b class="b2">goods of fortune, treasures, wealth</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.172</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.91</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.63</span>, etc.; ἀγαθὰ πράττειν <b class="b2">fare well</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1706</span>; also, <b class="b2">good things, dainties</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1000</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>873</span>, etc.: <b class="b2">good qualities</b>, τοῖς ἀ., οἷς ἔχομεν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Democr.37</span>; <b class="b2">good points</b>, of a horse, εἰ τἄλλα πάντα ἀ. ἔχοι, κακόπους δ' εἴη <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Comp. and Sup. are usu. supplied from other stems, viz. Comp. <b class="b3">ἀμείνων, ἀρείων, βελτίων, κρείσσων (κάρρων), λωΐων</b> (λὥων), Ep. <b class="b3">βέλτερος, λωΐτερος, φέρτερος</b>:—Sup. <b class="b3">ἄριστος, βέλτιστος, κράτιστος, λώϊστος</b> (λῷστος), Ep.<b class="b3">βέλτατος, κάρτιστος, φέρτατος, φέριστος</b>:— later, reg. Comp. ἀγαθώτερος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jd.</span>11.25</span>, <span class="bibl">15.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.8</span><span class="title">Fr.</span>12, <span class="bibl">Plot. 5.5.9</span>, Diod.Rh.<span class="bibl">p.53.9H.</span>: Sup. ἀγαθώτατος <span class="bibl">D.S.16.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.5.15</span>, etc. (-ότατος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1757.26</span> (ii A.D.)). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. usually <b class="b3">εὖ</b>, q.v.: ἀγαθῶς <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>9</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1388b6</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>20.7</span>. (Etym. dub. (ὅτι ἄγει ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τὸν ὀρθὸν βίον <span class="title">Stoic.</span> 3.49); perh. cognate with <b class="b3">ἄγαμαι</b>, hence <b class="b2">admirable</b>.) </span>
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+|lstext='''ἀγᾰθός''': [ᾰγ], ή, όν, Λακων. [[ἀγασός]]. Ἀριστ. Λυσ. 1301 (ἴδ. ἐν τέλ.) - [[καλός]]. Λατ. bonus. Ι. Περὶ προσώπων: 1) κατ’ ἀρχάς, = [[καλός]], [[ἤπιος]], [[εὐγενής]], ἐν ἀναφορᾷ πρὸς τὴν καταγωγὴν καὶ κοινωνικὴν τάξιν, καθ’ ὅσον οἱ εὐγενεῖς καὶ οἱ ἐξ εὐγενῶν καταγόμενοι ἀπεκαλοῦντο ἀγαθοὶ ἄνδρες· prud’ hommes, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὰς λέξεις κακοί, δειλοὶ (= πρόστυχοι, βάναυσοι κτλ.) οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες, Ὀδ. Ο, 324· πρβλ. Ἰλ. Α. 275· [[ἀφνειός]] τ’ [[ἀγαθός]] τε, Ἰλ. Ν, 664· πρβλ. Ὀδ. Σ. 276· - πατρὸς δ’ εἴμ’ ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο [[μήτηρ]], Ἰλ. Φ. 109· πρβλ. Ὀδ. Δ, 611. Οὕτως ἐν μεταγ. συγγραφεῦσι: κακὸς ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ, Θέογν. 190· πρβλ. 57. κἑξ.: πραῢς ἀστοῖς, οὐ φθονέων ἀγαθοῖς, Πίνδ. Π. 3, 125· πρβλ. 2, 175, 4. 506· τίς ἂν [[εὔπατρις]] ὧδε βλάστοι; οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀγαθῶν κτλ. Σοφοκλ. Ἠλ. 1080· οἵ τ’ ἀγαθοὶ πρὸς τῶν ἀγενῶν κατανικῶνται, ὁ αὐτ. Ἀποσπ. 105· τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθούς ... φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν, αὐτόθ. 649 καὶ οὕτω τὸ εὐγενὲς γίνεται πλέον ἡ [[ἰδιότης]] ([[γνώρισμα]]) τῶν ἀγαθῶν, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 600· κἑξ. πρβλ. Ἰφ. Αὐλ. 625. Ἀνδρ. 767, Τρῳ. 1254· ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν, Λατ. boni bonis prognati. Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 274Α: - Μὲ ταύτην τὴν ἀρχαιοτάτην σημασίαν [[συχνάκις]] συνεδυάζετο ἡ [[ἔννοια]] τοῦ πλούτου καὶ τῆς πολιτικῆς δυνάμεως, ἀκριβῶς [[ὅπως]] ἐν ταῖς φράσεσι boni καὶ mali cives, optimus quisque ἐν Σαλλουστίῳ καὶ Κικέρωνι. Ἰδίᾳ ἐν τῇ φράσει καλοὶ κἀγαθοὶ (ἴδ. λέξ. καλοκἀγαθός): - Περὶ ταύτης τῆς σημασίας ἴδ. Kortum Hellen. Staatsverf. σ. 14, Welcker Προλεγ. εἰς Θέογν. §10 - 15, 22 κἑξ., καὶ πρβλ. [[ἐσθλός]], [[χρηστός]], [[ἀμείνων]], ἄριστος, [[βελτίων]], [[βέλτιστος]], κακός, [[χείρων]], [[χερείων]], [[εὐγενής]]. 2) [[καλός]], [[ἀνδρεῖος]], καθ’ ὅσον τὰ προσόντα [[ταῦτα]] ἀπεδίδοντο εἰς τοὺς ἀρχηγοὺς καὶ τοὺς εὐγενεῖς· [[ὥστε]] ἡ [[σημασία]] αὕτη συμπίπτει [[μετὰ]] τῆς πρώτης, Ἰλ. Α. 131, Κ. 559· τῷ κ’ ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἔπεφν’, ἀγαθὸν δέ κεν ἐξενάριξεν, Φ, 280. Πρβλ. Ἡρόδ. 5, 109 κτλ. 3) [[ἄξιος]], ἀναφορικῶς πρὸς τὴν ἱκανότητα ἢ τὸ [[ἀξίωμα]], ἀγ. [[βασιλεύς]], Ἰλ. Γ, 179· ἰητήρ, Β, 732· [[θεράπων]], Π, 165, Ρ. 388, [[συχν]]. [[μετὰ]] προσδιορισμῶν: ἀγαθὸς ἐν ὑσμίνῃ, Ν, 314· βοὴν [[ἀγαθός]], Β, 408, 563, κτλ. πύξ, Γ, 237, Ὀδ. Λ. 300. βίην, Ἰλ. Ζ, 478. Οὕτως ἐν τῇ Ἀττ. διαλ. γνώμην ἀγ. Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 687· πᾶσαν ἀρετήν, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 899 Β. πρβλ. Ἀλκ. 1. 124Ε. τέχνην, ὁ αὐτ. Πρωτ. 323Β, τὰ πολέμια, τὰ πολιτικά, Ἡρόδ. 9, 122. Πλάτ. Γοργ. 516Β, κτλ. - Σπανιώτερον [[μετὰ]] δοτ. ἀγ. πολέμῳ Ξεν. Οἰκ. 4. 15· - Ὡσαύτ. [[μετὰ]] προθ., ἀγ. περὶ τὸ [[πλῆθος]], Λυσ. 130, 2· εἴς τι, Πλάτ. Ἀλκ. Ι. 125Α· [[πρός]] τι ο αὐτ. Πολ. 407Ε: ― Ὡσαύτ. μετ’ ἀπαρ. ἀγ. μάχεσθαι, Ἡρόδ. 1, 135· ἱππεύεσθαι, 1, 79· ἀγ. ἱστάναι = ἱκανὸς εἰς τὸ σταθμίζειν, ζυγίζειν. Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 356Β. 4) [[ἀγαθός]], ἐπὶ ἠθικῆς ἐννοίας. [[Κατὰ]] πρῶτον [[ἴσως]] ἐν Θεόγν. 438, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ [[συχν]]. [[μέχρι]] τῶν φιλοσόφων συγγραφέων, ὡς τοῦ Πλάτ. Συχνάκις συνδέεται μετ’ ἄλλων ἐπιθέτων, ὁ πιστὸς κἀγ. Σοφ. Τρ. 451· σοφὸς κἀγ. Φιλοκτ. 119· δικαίων κἀγ. αὐτ. 1050, Πρβλ. Ἀντ. 671, κτλ. 5) ὦ ’γαθέ, = καλέ μου φίλε· ὡς ὅρος ἠπίας νουθεσίας, μομφῆς ἢ ἐπιπλήξεως, Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 311Α, 314Δ, κτλ. 6) ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος, ὡς [[πρόποσις]]: «εἰς τιμὴν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος»: [[μηδέποτε]] ... πίοιμ’ ἀκράτου, μισθὸν ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος, Ἀριστοφ. Σφῆκ. 525. Πρβλ. [[ἀγαθοδαίμων]], [[τύχη]] ΙΙ, 3. ― Ὁ ἀγ. [[δαίμων]] κατήντησε [[τίτλος]] τοῦ Ῥωμαίου Αὐτοκράτορος. ὡς τοῦ Νέρωνος, Συλλογ. Ἐπιγρ. 4699, πρβλ. 3886 (προσθηκ.): ἡ θεὸς ἀγαθὴ ἢ ἀπλῶς Ἀγάθη = ἡ bona dea, Πλουτ. Καῖσ. 9. Κικ. 19. ΙΙ. Περὶ πραγμάτων: 1) [[καλός]], [[χρήσιμος]]. [[Ἰθάκη]] ... ἀγαθὴ [[κουροτρόφος]], Ὀδ. Ι, 27, κτλ., -ἀγ. τοῖς τοκεῦσι, τῇ πόλει, Ξεν. Κυν. 13, 17. Μετὰ γεν. εἴ τι [[οἶδα]] πυρετοῦ ἀγαθὸν = καλὸν διὰ πυρετόν, ὁ αὐτ. Ἀπομν. 3. 8. 3. 2) περὶ ἐξωτερικῶν περιστάσεων, αἰδῶ δ’ οὐκ ἀγαθήν φησ’ ἔμμεναι ἀνδρὶ προΐκτῃ, Ὀδ. Ρ. 352· εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν = διὰ καλὸν σκοπόν. Ἰλ. Ι. 102· ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀγ. περ. = διὰ καλόν τινα σκοπόν, Λ. 789· μυθεῖτ’ εἰς ἀγαθά, Ψ. 305: ― ἀγαθόν [ἐστι] μετ’ ἀπαρ., = [[εἶναι]] καλὸν νὰ ... Ἰλ. Η. 282· Ω, 130. Ὀδ. Γ. 196 καὶ παρ’ Ἀττ. 3) ἀγαθόν, τό· = καλόν τι [[πρᾶγμα]]· [[εὐλογία]] τις, [[εὐεργεσία]] τις καὶ [[ὠφέλεια]]· ἐπὶ προσώπου, ὦ μέγα ἀγ. σὺ τοῖς φίλοις, Ξεν. Κύρ. 5, 3, 20· φίλον, ὃ μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν εἶναί φασιν. ὁ αὐτ. Ἀπομν. 2, 4, 2· πρβλ. Ἱερ. 7, 9. Ἀριστοφ. Βατ. 73, κτλ.: ἐπ’ ἀγαθῷ τινος = διὰ τὸ καλόν τινος, Θουκ. 5, 27. Ξεν., ἐπ’ ἀγαθῷ τοῖς πολίταις. Ἀριστ. Βατ. 1487: ― τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἢ τἀγαθόν = τὸ καλόν, τοῦ Κικέρωνος τὸ summum bonum, Πλάτ. Πολ. 506Β, 508Ε, 534C, καὶ ἄλλ.: ― Ὡσαύτ. κατὰ πληθ. ἀγαθά, τά· = τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς τύχης, ἀγαθά, [[πλοῦτος]], Ἡρόδ. 2. 172. Λυσ. 138. 32, Ξεν. κτλ., ἀγαθὰ πάσχειν, κτλ., ἀλλ’ [[ὡσαύτως]] πράγματα εὐχάριστα, ἁβρὰ λιχνεύματα. Θέογν. 994. Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 873. 982, κτλ., [[ὡσαύτως]]: προτερήματα, πλεονεκτήματα· τοῖς ἀγ., οἷς ἔχομεν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, Ἰσοκρ. 165D, εἰ [[τἆλλα]] πάντα ἀγ. ἔχοι, κακόπους δ’εἴη, περὶ ἵππου. Ξεν. Ἱπ. 1, 2, κτλ. ΙΙΙ. Δὲν ἀπαντῶσι παρὰ τοῖς δοκίμοις Συγγρ. ὁμαλοὶ τύποι παραθέσεως τῆς λέξεως ταύτης· ἀλλ’ ἀντ’ αὐτῶν πολλοὶ ἄλλοι τύποι [[εἶναι]] ἐν χρήσει· δηλ. συγκρ. [[ἀμείνων]], [[ἀρείων]], [[βελτίων]], [[κρείσσων]], ([[κάρρων]]), λωΐων ([[λῴων]]), Ἐπικ. [[βέλτερος]], [[λωΐτερος]], φέρτερος: ― Ὑπερθετ. ἄριστος, [[βέλτιστος]], [[κράτιστος]], λώϊστος ([[λῷστος]]), Ἐπικ. βέλτατος, [[κάρτιστος]], [[φέρτατος]], [[φέριστος]]. Τὸ ὁμαλ. συγκριτ. ἀγαθώτερος ἀπαντᾷ παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδ. (Κριτ. ια΄ 25., ιε΄ 2) καὶ ἐν Ἐκκλ. συγγραφεῦσι· τὸ ὑπερθ. ἀγαθώτατος ἐν Διοδ. 16. 85. Ἡλιοδ. 5. 15. Εὐσ., κτλ. IV. ἐπίρρ. συνήθως εὖ· ἀλλ’ ἀγαθῶς ἀπαντᾷ ἐν Ἱππ. Κατ’ Ἰητρεῖον, Ἔκδ. Kühn. τόμ. ΙΙΙ, σ. 52, [35], Ἀριστ. Ῥητ. 2. 11, 1, καὶ Ο΄. 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