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ἀγαπάω

agapao

greet with affection

Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγαπάω (Dor. ἀγαπ-έω Archyt. ap. Stob. 3.1.110), Ep. aor. ἀγάπησα Od. 23.214: pf. ἠγάπηκα Isoc. 15.147, etc. I. greet with affection (cf. foreg.), once in Hom., Od.l.c.:—in Trag. only show affection for the dead, ὅτʼ ἠγάπα νεκρούς E. Supp. 764, cf.Hel. 937:—Pass., to be regarded with affection, ξένων εὐεργεσίαις ἀγαπᾶται Pi. I. 5(6).70:— generally, love, ὥσπερ . . οἱ ποιηταὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ποιήματα καὶ οἱ πατέρες τοὺς παῖδας ἀγαπῶσι Pl. R. 330c, cf. Lg. 928a; ὡς λύκοι ἄρνʼ ἀγαπῶσʼ Poet. ap. Phdr. 241d; ἀ. τοὺς ἐπαινέτας ib.257e; ἐπιστήμην, τὰ χρήματα, etc., Id. Phlb. 62d, al.; τούτους ἀγαπᾶ καὶ περὶ αὑτὸν ἔχει D. 2.19; ὁ μέγιστον ἀγαπῶν διʼ ἐλάχιστʼ ὀργίζεται Men. 659; esp. of children, αὐτὸν ἐτιθηνούμην ἀγαπῶσα Id. Sam. 32, etc.:—Pass., Pl. Plt. 301d, etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν ἠγαπῆσθαι D. 61.9; ὑπὸ τοῦ φθᾶ OGI 90.4 (Rosetta, ii B. C.); so in LXX of the love of God for man and of man for God, Is. 41.8, De. 11.1, al., cf. Ev.Jo. 3.21, Ep.Rom. 8.28:—as dist. fr. φιλέω (q. v.) implying regard rather than affection, but the two are interchanged, cf. X. Mem. 2.7.9 and 12; φιλεῖσθαι defined as ἀγαπᾶσθαι αὐτὸν διʼ αὑτόν Arist. Rh. 1371a21:—seldom of sexual love, for ἐράω, Arist. Fr. 76, Luc. JTr. 2; ἀ. ἑταίραν Anaxil. 22.1 (but ἀ. ἑταίρας to be fond of them, X. Mem. 1.5.4; ἐρωτικὴν μέμψιν ἡ ἀγαπωμένη λύει dub. in Democr. 271):—of brotherly love, Ev.Matt. 5.43, al. 2. persuade, entreat, LXX 2 Ch. 18.2. 3. caress, pet, Plu. Per. 1. II. of things, to be fond of, prize, desire, Pl. Ly. 215a, 215b, etc.; τὰ χρήματα R. 330c; μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς Ev.Jo. 3.19; prefer, τὰ Φιλίππου δῶρα ἀντὶ τῶν κοινῇ τοῖς Ἕλλησι συμφερόντων D. 18.109:—Pass., λιθίδια τὰ ἀγαπώμενα highly prized, precious stones, Pl. Phd. 110d. III. to be well pleased, contented, once in Hom., οὐκ ἀγαπᾷς ὃ ἕκηλος . . μεθʼ ἡμῖν δαίνυσαι; Od. 21.289; freq. in Att., ἀγαπᾶν ὅτι . . Th. 6.36; more commonly, ἀ. εἰ . . to be well content if . . , Lys. 12.11, Pl. R. 450a, al.; ἐὰν . . ib.330b, cf. Ar. V. 684, Pl. Grg. 483c, al. 2. c. part., ἀ. τιμώμενος Pl. R. 475b, cf. Isoc. 12.8, Antiph. 169: c. inf., οὐκ ἀ. τῶν ἴσων τυγχάνειν τοῖς ἄλλοις Isoc. 18.50, cf. D. 55.19, Hdn. 2.15.4, Alciphr. 3.61, Luc. DMort. 12.4, etc. 3. c. dat. rei, to be contented with, ἀ. τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν ἀγαθοῖς Lys. 2.21; τοῖς πεπραγμένοις D. 1.14. 4. c. acc. rei, tolerate, put up with, μηκέτι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀ. Isoc. 4.140; τὰ παρόντα D. 6.15; τὸ δίκαιον Pl. R. 359a (Pass.), cf. Arist. Rh. 1398a23. 5. rarely c. gen., ἵνα . . τῆς ἀξίας ἀγαπῶσιν may be content with the proper price, Alex. 125.7. 6. abs., to be content, ἀγαπήσαντες Lycurg. 73, cf. Luc. Nec. 17. 7. c. inf., to be fond of doing, wont to do, like φιλέω, τοὺς Λυκίους ἀγαπῶντας τὸ τρίχωμα φορεῖν Arist. Oec. 1348a29, cf. LXX Ho. 12.7.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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