Ἀγάθων
See also: αγαθών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) + -ων (-ōn, Strabon suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡá.tʰɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈɡa.tʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɣa.θon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈɣa.θon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈɣa.θon/
Proper noun
Ἀγάθων • (Agáthōn) m (genitive Ἀγάθωνος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Agathon
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀγάθων ho Agáthōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀγάθωνος toû Agáthōnos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀγάθωνῐ tōî Agáthōnĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀγάθωνᾰ tòn Agáthōnă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀγάθων Agáthōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αγάθων (Agáthon), Αγάθωνας (Agáthonas)
- → Latin: Agathon
References
- “Ἀγάθων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀγάθων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000