good:
ἀγᾰθός [ᾰγ],ή,όν, Lacon.
ἀγασός
Ar. Lys. 1301 , Cypr.
ἀζαθός
GDI 57 :—
A. good:
I. of persons,
1. well-born, gentle,opp. κακός, δειλός, οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες
Od. 15.324
, cf. Il. 1.275 ; ἀφνειός τ' ἀ. τε
Il. 13.664
, cf. Od. 18.276 ; πατρὸς δ' εἴμ' ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο μήτηρ
Il. 21.109
, cf. Od. 4.611 ; κακὸς ἐξ ἀ.
Thgn. 190
, cf. 57 sq.; πραὺ̈ς ἀστοῖς, οὐ φθονέων ἀγαθοῖς
Pi. P. 3.71
, cf. 2.96 , 4.285 ; τίς ἂν εὔπατρις ὧδε βλάστοι; οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀ. κτλ.
S. El. 1082
; οἵ τ' ἀ. πρὸς τῶν ἀγενῶν κατανικῶνται
Id. Fr. 84
;τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρεινib. 649 , cf. E. Alc. 600 , al.: ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν
Pl. Phdr. 274a
:—in political sense,aristocrats,esp. in the phraseκαλοὶ κἀγαθοί(v. subκαλοκἀγαθός).
2. brave, valiant,since courage was attributed to Chiefs and Nobles, Il. 1.131 , al.; τῷ κ' ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἔπεφν', ἀγαθὸν δέ κεν ἐξενάριξεν
21.280
; cf. Hdt. 5.109 , etc.
3. good, capable,in reference to ability, ἀ. βασιλεύς
Il. 3.179
; ἰητήρ
2.732
; θεράπων
16.165
, 17.388 ; πύκτης
Xenoph. 2.15
; ἰητρός
Hp. Prog. 1
; προβατογνώμων
A. Ag. 795
; ἄρχοντες
Democr. 266
: freq. with qualifying words, ἀ. ἐν ὑσμίνῃ
Il. 13.314
; βοὴν ἀ.
2.408
, 563 , al.; πύξ
Od. 11.300
; βίην
Il. 6.478
; γνώμην
S. OT 687
; πᾶσαν ἀρετήν
Pl. Lg. 899b
, cf. Alc. 1.124e ; τέχνην
Id. Prt. 323b
;τὰ πολέμια, τὰ πολιτικά,
Hdt. 9.122 , Pl. Grg. 516b , etc.: more rarely c. dat., ἀ. πολέμῳ
X. Oec. 4.15
: with Preps., ἄνδρες ἀ. περὶ τὸ πλῆθος
Lys. 13.2
; εἴς τι
Pl. Alc. 1.125a
; πρός τι
Id. R. 407e
: c.inf., ἀ. μάχεσθαι
Hdt. 1.136
; ἱππεύεσθαι
1.79
;ἀ. ἱστάναι goodat weighing, Pl. Prt. 356b .
4. good,in moral sense, first in Thgn. 438 , cf. Heraclit. 104 , S. El. 1082 , X. Mem. 1.7.1 , Pl. Ap. 41d , etc.; ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς πατρὶς ὁ ξύμπας κόσμος
Democr. 247
: freq. with other Adjs., ὁ πιστὸς κἀ.
S. Tr. 541
;δικαίων κἀ.ib. 1050 :—ironical, τὸν ἀ. Κρέοντα
Id. Ant. 31
.
5. ὦ ἀγαθέ, my good friend,as a term of gentle remonstrance, Pl. Prt. 311a , etc.
6. ἀ. δαίμων, v.subδαίμων; ἀ. τύχη, v.subτύχη; ἀ. θεός =Lat.bona dea,
Plu. Caes. 9 , Cic. 19 .
II. of things,
1. good, serviceable,
Ἰθάκη . . ἀ. κουροτρόφος
Od. 9.27
, etc.; ἀ. τοῖς τοκεῦσι, τῇ πόλει
X. Cyn. 13.17
: c. gen.,εἴ τι οἶδα πυρετοῦ ἀ. good forit, Id. Mem. 3.8.3 ; ἑλκῶν
Thphr. HP 9.11.1
.
2. of outward circumstances, αἰδὼς οὐκ ἀ. κεχρημένῳ ἀνδρὶ παρεῖναι
Od. 17.347
; εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν to good purpose,
Il. 9.102
; ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀ. περ for his own good end,
11.789
; οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη
2.204
:—ἀγαθόν [ἐστι], c.inf.,it is goodto do so and so<*> Il. 7.282 , 24.130 , Od. 3.196 , etc.
3. morally good,
πρῆξις
Democr. 177
; ἔργα
Emp. 112.2
, cf. Ep.Rom. 2.7 , etc.
4. ἀγαθόν,τό, good, blessing, benefit,of persons or things, ὦ μέγα ἀ. σὺ τοῖς φίλοις
X. Cyr. 5.3.20
; φίλον, ὃ μέγιστον ἀ. εἶναί φασι
Id. Mem. 2.4.2
, cf. Ar. Ra. 74 , etc; as term of endearment for a baby,blessing!, treasure!,
Men. Sam. 28 :—ἀγαθόν τινα δεδρακέναι, πεποιηκέναιconfera benefiton . . , Th. 3.68 , Lys. 13.92 ;ἐπ' ἀγαθῷ τινοςfor one'sgood,
Th. 5.27 , X. Cyr. 7.4.3 ; ἐπ' ἀ. τοῖς πολίταις
Ar. Ra. 1487
; οὐκ ἐπ' ἀ. for no good end,
Th. 1.131
; ἐπ' οὐδενὶ ἀ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος
X. HG 5.2.35
:—in pl.,ἡ ἐπ' ἀγαθοῖς γεναμένη(sic) κατασπορά
PFlor. 21.10
(iii A.D.):—τὸ ἀ.orτἀ., the good,
Epich. 171.5 , cf. Pl. R. 506b , 508e , Arist. Metaph. 1091a31 , etc.:—in pl.,ἀγαθά,τά, goods of fortune, treasures, wealth,
Hdt. 2.172 , Lys. 13.91 , X. Mem. 1.2.63 , etc.; ἀγαθὰ πράττειν fare well,
Ar. Av. 1706
; also,good things, dainties,
Thgn. 1000 , Ar. Ach. 873 , etc.:good qualities,
τοῖς ἀ., οἷς ἔχομεν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ
Isoc. 8.32
, cf. Democr. 37 ;good points,of a horse, εἰ τἄλλα πάντα ἀ. ἔχοι, κακόπους δ' εἴη
X. Eq. 1.2
.
III.
Comp. and Sup. are usu. supplied from other stems, viz. Comp.
ἀμείνων, Ἀρείων<> βελτίων, κρείσσων ̔κάρρων̓, λωί̈ων(λώ̔ων̓), Ep.
βέλτερος, λωί̈τερος, φέρτερος:— Sup.
ἄριστος, βέλτιστος, κράτιστος, λώϊστος(λῷστος), Ep.
βέλτατος, κάρτιστος, φέρτατος, φέριστος:— later, reg. Comp.
ἀγαθώτερος
LXX Jd. 11.25
, 15.2 , D.S. 8
Fr. 12 , Plot. 5.5.9 , Diod.Rh. p.53.9H. : Sup.
ἀγαθώτατος
D.S. 16.85
, Hld. 5.15 , etc. ( -ότατος
POxy. 1757.26
(ii A.D.)).
IV. Adv.usuallyεὖ,q.v.: ἀγαθῶς
Hp. Off. 9
, Arist. Rh. 1388b6 , LXX 1 Ki. 20.7 . (Etym. dub. ( ὅτι ἄγει ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τὸν ὀρθὸν βίον
Stoic. 3.49
); perh. cognate withἄγαμαι,henceadmirable.)
