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Headword: Ἀγαθός
Adler number: alpha,120
Translated headword: good
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
From ἄγημι, ἄγαμαι, [come] ἀγαστός [and] ἀγαθός .
Greek Original:
Ἀγαθός: παρὰ τὸ ἄγημι, ἄγαμαι, ἀγαστὸς καὶ ἀγαθός.
Notes:
For the headword see also alpha 121 (likewise masculine), alpha 118, alpha 119 (neuter).
The present entry seems to assert an etymological connection between ἀγαθός ('good') and these other words. The others are apparently interrelated: ἄγημι seems to be an active version of the attested ἄγαμαι ('wonder at, admire'), and ἀγαστός means 'admired'. All are connected with the prefix ἀγα- . The derivation of ἀγαθός from the same prefix is not accepted nowadays, but scholars do not agree on any other derivation either.
Reference:
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque ed. 2 (Paris 2009) 5-6.
Keyword: dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: William Hutton on 31 March 2001@23:45:05.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 6 May 2002@15:20:16.
David Whitehead (added x-refs; modified keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics) on 14 April 2004@05:02:12.
Jennifer Benedict (betacoding and beta-typo) on 26 March 2008@00:39:28.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 4 July 2011@19:27:09.
Catharine Roth (updated reference) on 24 August 2011@15:14:48.
David Whitehead on 25 August 2011@03:20:49.
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