ἀγαθοποιός

See also: αγαθοποιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “to do”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.tʰo.poi̯.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.tʰo.pyˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.θo.pyˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.θo.pyˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.θo.piˈos/

Adjective

ἀγαθοποιός • (agathopoiós) m or f (neuter ἀγαθοποιόν); second declension

doing good, beneficent
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Sirach 42.14
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.368B
- 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, To Marcella 17
- 550 CE – 650 CE, Menander Protector, Collected Works 16D
(astrology) giving a good sign
- 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 19
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Artemidorus, Oneirocritica 4.59
- 260 CE – 340 CE, Eusebius, Preparations for the Gospel 275D

Inflection

Second declension of ἀγαθοποιός; ἀγαθοποιόν (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀγαθοποιός agathopoiós	ἀγαθοποιόν agathopoión	ἀγαθοποιώ agathopoiṓ	ἀγαθοποιώ agathopoiṓ	ἀγαθοποιοί agathopoioí	ἀγαθοποιᾰ́ agathopoiắ
Genitive	ἀγαθοποιοῦ agathopoioû	ἀγαθοποιοῦ agathopoioû	ἀγαθοποιοῖν agathopoioîn	ἀγαθοποιοῖν agathopoioîn	ἀγαθοποιῶν agathopoiôn	ἀγαθοποιῶν agathopoiôn
Dative	ἀγαθοποιῷ agathopoiōî	ἀγαθοποιῷ agathopoiōî	ἀγαθοποιοῖν agathopoioîn	ἀγαθοποιοῖν agathopoioîn	ἀγαθοποιοῖς agathopoioîs	ἀγαθοποιοῖς agathopoioîs
Accusative	ἀγαθοποιόν agathopoión	ἀγαθοποιόν agathopoión	ἀγαθοποιώ agathopoiṓ	ἀγαθοποιώ agathopoiṓ	ἀγαθοποιούς agathopoioús	ἀγαθοποιᾰ́ agathopoiắ
Vocative	ἀγαθοποιέ agathopoié	ἀγαθοποιόν agathopoión	ἀγαθοποιώ agathopoiṓ	ἀγαθοποιώ agathopoiṓ	ἀγαθοποιοί agathopoioí	ἀγαθοποιᾰ́ agathopoiắ
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀγαθοποιῶς agathopoiôs		ἀγαθοποιότερος agathopoióteros		ἀγαθοποιότᾰτος agathopoiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

εὐεργετικός (euergetikós)

References

“ἀγαθοποιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀγαθοποιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀγαθοποιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀγαθοποιός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G17 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible