ἀγαπ-ητός, ή, όν,
Doric dialect ἀγαπ-ᾱτός, ά, όν, that wherewith one must be content [[cf (ἀγαπάω 111)] Refs], hence of only children, μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀ.[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.365; Ἑκτορίδην ἀ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.401, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.817, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 85, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 761, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.131e; Νικήρατος.. ὁ τοῦ Νικίου ἀ. παῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.165, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262b23, “EE” 1233b2; αὕτη μονογενὴς αὐτῷ ἀγαπητή LXX.Judg.11.34, cf. LXX.Tob.3.10, NT.Mark.12.6 (but compare also 11.2), etc.] NT+8th c.BC+]; ἀγαπητός· μονογενής, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus:—so of things, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365b16; δαπίδιον ἓν ἀ. 3rd c.BC(?): Hipparchus Comicus 1; προβάτιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 319.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 to be acquiesced in (as the least in a choice of evils), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.22, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.10.3:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —hence, ἀγαπητόν [ἐστι] one must be content, εἰ.., ἐάν.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.16, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.220, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1076a15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive, [[ “EN” 1171a20. ] Refs]
__II of things, desirable, ἤθη[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.5; βίος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61e (_superlative_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]