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ἀγαπητός

agapetos

that wherewith one must be content

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀγαπητός, ή, όν, Dor. ἀγαπ-ᾱτός, ά, όν, A. that wherewith one must be content (cf ἀγαπάω III), hence of only children, μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀ. Od. 2.365; Ἑκτορίδην ἀ. Il. 6.401, cf. Od. 4.817, Sapph. 85, Ar. Th. 761, Pl. Alc. 1.131e; Νικήρατος . . ὁ τοῦ Νικίου ἀ. παῖς D. 21.165, cf. Arist. Pol. 1262b23, EE 1233b2; αὕτη μονογενὴς αὐτῷ ἀγαπητή LXX Jd. 11.34, cf. To. 3.10, Ev.Marc. 12.6 (but cf. also II.2), etc.; ἀγαπητός· μονογενής, Hsch.:—so of things, Arist. Rh. 1365b16; δαπίδιον ἓν ἀ. Hipparch.Com. 1; προβάτιον Men. 319.3. 2. to be acquiesced in (as the least in a choice of evils), And. 3.22, J. BJ 5.10.3:—hence, ἀγαπητόν [ἐστι] one must be content, εἰ . . , ἐάν . . Pl. Prt. 328b, X. Oec. 8.16, D. 18.220, Arist. Metaph. 1076a15, etc.; c. inf., EN 1171a20. II. of things, desirable, ἤθη X. Mem. 3.10.5; βίος Pl. Phlb. 61e (Sup.). 2. of persons, beloved, ἀδελφὲ ἀγαπητέ LXX To. 3.10: in letters, as a term of address, Ep.Rom. 12.19, cf. PGrenf. 2.73, etc. III. Adv. -τῶς gladly, contentedly, Pl. Lg. 735d, D. 19.219, etc. 2. just enough to content one, barely, scarcely, Pl. Ly. 218c; ἀ σωθῆναι Lys. 6.45, cf. Diph. 89.2, etc.
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