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Headword:
*)agaqo/s
Adler number: alpha,120
Translated headword: good
Vetting Status: high
Translation: From a)/ghmi, a)/gamai, [come] a)gasto/s [and] a)gaqo/s.
Greek Original:*)agaqo/s: para\ to\ a)/ghmi, a)/gamai, a)gasto\s kai\ a)gaqo/s.
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
a)gaqo/s ('good') and these other words. The others are apparently interrelated:
a)/ghmi seems to be an active version of the attested
a)/gamai ('wonder at, admire'), and
a)gasto/s means 'admired'. All are connected with the prefix
a)ga-. The derivation of
a)gaqo/s from the same prefix is not accepted nowadays, but scholars do not agree on any other derivation either.
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.
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