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|auten=[[good]].—Hence (1) of persons, ‘[[valiant]],’ ‘[[brave]],’ ἢ κακὸς ἢ [[ἀγαθός]], Il. 17.632; ‘[[skilful]],’ ἶητῆρ' ἀγαθώ, Il. 2.732, freq. w. acc. of specification or an adv., βοήν, [[πύξ]].—Often ‘[[noble]]’ (cf. optimates), opp. χέρηες, Od. 15.324.— (2) of things, ‘[[excellent]],’ ‘[[useful]],’ etc.; ἀγαθόν τε [[κακόν]] τε, ‘[[blessing]] and [[curse]],’ Od. 4.237 ; ἀγαθοῖσι γεραίρειν, ‘honor [[with]] [[choice]] portions,’ Od. 14.441 ; ἀγαθὰ φρονεῖν, ‘[[wish]] [[one]] [[well]],’ Od. 1.43; ‘be [[pure]]-[[minded]],’ Il. 6.162 ; [[εἰς]] ἀγαθόν or ἀγαθὰ [[εἰπεῖν]], ‘[[speak]] [[with]] [[friendly]] [[intent]];’ [[εἰς]] ἀγ. πείθεσθαι, ‘[[follow]] [[good]] [[counsel]].’

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|sltr=<b>ᾰγᾰθός</b> (-ῷ, -όν; -οί, -ῶν, -οῖσι, -οῖς, -οῖσιν: -άν: -ῷ, -όν; -ῶν) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> of persons, [[noble]], [[good]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> adj., [[distinguished]] πατέρων ὀρθαὶ φρένες ἐξ ἀγαθῶν (O. 7.91) esp. in [[physical]] [[prowess]], ἀγαθοὶ δὲ καὶ σοφοὶ κατὰ δαίμον' [[ἄνδρες]] ἐγένοντ (O. 9.28) Πηλεῖ τε κἀγαθῷ Τελαμῶνι (P. 8.100) οὐ [[θαῦμα]] [[σφίσιν]] ἐγγενὲς [[ἔμμεν]] ἀεθληταῖς ἀγαθοῖσιν (N. 10.51) καὶ γὰρ ἡρώων ἀγαθοὶ πολεμισταὶ λόγον ἐκέρδαναν (I. 5.26) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> m. subs., the [[noble]], esp. of those [[distinguished]] by [[social]] [[position]] and [[athletic]] [[prowess]]. ἀδύνατα δἔπος ἐκβαλεῖν κραταιὸν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς δόλιον ἀστόν (P. 2.81) ἁδόντα δεἴη με τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ὁμιλεῖν (P. 2.96) οὐ φθονέων ἀγαθοῖς (P. 3.71) τὰ μὲν ὦν οὐ δύνανται νήπιοι κόσμῳ φέρειν, ἀλλ' ἀγαθοί (P. 3.83) [[οὐκ]] ἐρίζων [[ἀντία]] τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς (P. 4.285) ἐν δἀγαθοῖσι κεῖται πατρώιαι κεδναὶ [[πολίων]] κυβερνάσιες (P. 10.71) [[ποτίφορος]] δ' ἀγαθοῖσι μισθὸς [[οὗτος]] (N. 7.63) τί φίλτερον κεδνῶν τοκέων ἀγαθοῖς; (I. 1.5) τιμὰ δ' ἀγαθοῖσιν ἀντίκειται (I. 7.26) τὸν αἰνεῖν ἀγαθῷ παρέχει (I. 8.69) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> of things, [[honourable]], of [[honour]] ὁ δ' [[ὄλβιος]], ὃν φᾶμαι κατέχωντ' ἀγαθαί (O. 7.10) [[ὕμνος]] δὲ [[τῶν]] ἀγαθῶν ἐργμάτων βασιλεῦσιν ἰσοδαίμονα τεύχει φῶτα (N. 4.83) ἐν λόγοις δ' ἀστῶν ἀγαθοῖσιν ἐπαινεῖσθαι [[χρεών]] (Schr.: ἀγαθοῖς μὲν αἰνεῖσθαι codd.: ἀγαθοῖσί μιν αἰνεῖσθαι Mingarelli.) (N. 11.17) ἀντὶ μόχθων παντοδαπῶν [[ἔπος]] εἰπόντ' ἀγαθὸν ξυνὸν ὀρθῶσαι [[καλόν]] (I. 1.46) χρὴ δ' ἀγαθὰν ἐλπίδ ἀνδρὶ μέλειν (I. 8.15) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b> [[add]]. inf., [[good]] ἀγαθαὶ δὲ πέλοντ' ἐν χειμερίᾳ νυκτὶ θοᾶς ἐκ ναὸς ἀπεσκίμφθαι δὔ ἄγκυραι i. e. “[[useful]]” (O. 6.100) “[[ποθέω]] στρατιᾶς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐμᾶς, ἀμφότερον μάντιν τ' ἀγαθὸν καὶ δουρὶ μάρνασθαι.” (O. 6.17) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b> n. subs., [[good]], [[good]] [[fortune]] ἀτειρεῖ σὺν ἀγαθῷ (O. 2.33) esp. in pl., [[πένθος]] δὲ πίτνει βαρὺ κρεσσόνων πρὸς ἀγαθῶν (O. 2.24) ἄλλα δ' ἐπ ἄλλον [[ἔβαν]] ἀγαθῶν (O. 8.13) ἀλλὰ βροτῶν τὸν μὲν κενεόφρονες αὗχαι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν [[ἔβαλον]] (N. 11.30) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b> dub. ex. [ἀγαθὰ σωτῆρας (codd. Clem. Alex: ἀλαθέας ὥρας ex Hesych. Boeckh.) fr. 30. 6.]

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