ἀγαθός
agathos
good
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Nicomachean Ethics 342 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 70 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10
Chapter 3 1094b11–1095a13
Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10
Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21
Chapter 11 1101a22–1101b9
Chapter 12 1101b10–1102a4
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10
Book II 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Book III 18 ▸
Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22
Book IV 13 ▸
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35
Book V 20 ▸
Chapter 3 1131a10–1131b24
Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20
Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17
Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30
Chapter 10 1137a31–1138a3
Book VI 20 ▸
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Chapter 8 1141b23–1142a30
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33
Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36
Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11
Book VII 31 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14
Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34
Book VIII 81 ▸
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9
Chapter 11 1161a10–1161b10
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28
Book IX 43 ▸
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21
Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28
Book X 31 ▸
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Eudemian Ethics 221 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 63 ▸
Chapter 3 1214b28–1215a19
Chapter 4 1215a20–1215b14
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19
Book III 10 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Book VII 93 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 40 ▸
Chapter 1 1246a26–1246b36
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Topics 186 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 9 ▸
Book II 30 ▸
Book III 55 ▸
Book IV 23 ▸
Book V 9 ▸
Book VI 49 ▸
Book VII 2 ▸
Book VIII 9 ▸
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Rhetoric 169 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 88 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29
Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 70 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15
Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30
Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27
Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19
Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6
Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28
Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15
Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5
Book III 11 ▸
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8
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Metaphysics 96 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 13 ▸
Book α 1 ▸
Book Β 4 ▸
Book Γ 7 ▸
Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28
Book Δ 16 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25
Chapter 5 1015a20–1015b15
Chapter 14 1020a33–1020b25
Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3
Chapter 22 1022b22–1023a7
Book Ε 1 ▸
Book Ζ 17 ▸
Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11
Book Θ 1 ▸
Book Ι 4 ▸
Book Κ 6 ▸
Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35
Book Λ 8 ▸
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4
Book Μ 4 ▸
Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37
Book Ν 14 ▸
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Politics 95 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 9 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39
Book II 13 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Book III 39 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 12 1282b14–1283a22
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
Chapter 17 1287b36–1288a31
Book IV 9 ▸
Chapter 1 1288b10–1289a25
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Chapter 7 1293a35–1293b21
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 12 1296b13–1297a13
Book V 3 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27
Book VII 20 ▸
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14
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Prior Analytics 92 ▸
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De Interpretatione 52 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 44 ▸
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History of Animals 18 ▸
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Physics 15 ▸
Open Physics › Book I 6 ▸
Book II 6 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
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De Anima 13 ▸
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Categories 9 ▸
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Movement of Animals 9 ▸
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Poetics 9 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20
Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11
Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18
Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32
Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 7 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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On the Heavens 1 ▸
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De Mundo 1 ▸
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Generation of Animals 1 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγαθός [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 τʼ ἀ. τε Il. 13.664, cf. Od. 18.276; πατρὸς δʼ εἴμʼ ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο μήτηρ Il. 21.109, cf. Od. 4.611; κακὸς ἐξ ἀ. Thgn. 190, cf. 57 sq.; πραῢς 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 τʼ ἀ. πρὸς τῶν ἀγενῶν κατανικῶνται Id. Fr. 84; τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν ib.649, cf. E. Alc. 600, al.: ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν Pl. Phdr. 274a:—in political sense, aristocrats, esp. in the phrase καλοὶ κἀγαθοί (v. sub καλοκἀγαθός). 2. brave, valiant, since courage was attributed to Chiefs and Nobles, Il. 1.131, al.; τῷ κʼ ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἔπεφνʼ, 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 good at 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. sub δαίμων; ἀ. τύχη, v. sub τύχη; 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 for it, 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 good to 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, πεποιηκέναι confer a benefit on . . , Th. 3.68, Lys. 13.92; ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ τινος for oneʼs good, Th. 5.27, X. Cyr. 7.4.3; ἐπʼ ἀ. τοῖς πολίταις Ar. Ra. 1487; οὐκ ἐπʼ ἀ. for no good end, Th. 1.131; ἐπʼ οὐδενὶ ἀ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος X. HG 5.2.35:—in pl., ἡ ἐπʼ ἀγαθοῖς γεναμένη (sic) κατασπορά PFlor. 21.10 (iii A.D.):—τὸ ἀ. or τἀ., 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 δʼ εἴη X. Eq. 1.2. III. Comp. and Sup. are usu. supplied from other stems, viz. Comp. ἀμείνων, ἀρείων, βελτίων, κρείσσων (κάρρων) , λωΐων (λὥων), Ep. βέλτερος, λωΐτερος, φέρτερος:—Sup. ἄριστος, βέλτιστος, κράτιστος, λώϊστος (λῷστος), Ep.βέλτατος, κάρτιστος, φέρτατος, φέριστος:— later, reg. Comp. ἀγαθώτερος LXX Jd. 11.25, 15.2, D.S. 8Fr. 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. usually εὖ, 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 with ἄγαμαι, hence admirable.)
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