Ἀγαπᾶν
to love, to receive favorably, to be content with.
Translated by William Hutton1 Apr 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to give a favorable reception [to someone/something].
[*)agapa=n ] to love: to be satisfied with something and to seek nothing more.
Hence also the [phrase] "I would love [it/you if]...".1
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Hence also the [phrase] "I would love [it/you if]...".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγαπᾶν· ἀποδέχεσθαι. Ἀγαπᾶν· τὸ ἀρκεῖσθαί τινι καὶ μηδὲν πλέον ἐπιζητεῖν. ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἀγαπῴην ἄν.
Betacode
*)agapa=n: a)pode/xesqai. *)agapa=n: to\ a)rkei=sqai/ tini kai\ mhde\n ple/on e)pizhtei=n. e)c ou(= kai\ to\ a)gapw/|hn a)/n.
Notes (1)
- The main part of this entry is also in Photius' Lexicon (as two consecutive ones: alpha118-119 Theodoridis) and elsewhere.↩
- 1(A marginal addition in ms A.) An expression meaning "please...". There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and Isocrates (Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v.
a)gapa/w , III.1. - 1(A marginal addition in ms A.) An expression meaning "please...". There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and Isocrates (Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v.
Linked from3 entries
- α159ἈγαπῴηνI would love; if you pleaseIn the optative.
- α160ἈγαπῴηνI would love; if you please[Used] in the case of accepting, being content, and being satisfied.
- α161ἈγαπῶI love, I am satisfied withThe 'I am satisfied with' [sense] takes a dative: "Being satisfied with the good things that he already had." But [sc. also used] with an accusative: "thou shalt love God with all thy soul."
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