ἀγαπητός
Adv.
ή, όν, ά, όν
also: ἀγαπ‐ατός
A.
that wherewith one must be content (cf ἀγαπάω 111), 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 11.2), 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.