A.good:
I. of persons,
1. well-born, gentle, opp. “κακός, δειλός, οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες” Od.15.324, cf. Il.1.275; “ἀφνειός τ᾽ ἀ. τε” Il.13.664, cf. Od.18.276; “πατρὸς δ᾽ εἴμ᾽ ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο μήτηρ” Il.21.109, cf. Od.4.611; “κακὸς ἐξ ἀ.” Thgn.190, cf. 57 sq.; “πραῢς ἀστοῖς, οὐ φθονέων ἀγαθοῖς” Pi.P. 3.71, cf. 2.96, 4.285; “τίς ἂν εὔπατρις ὧδε βλάστοι; οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀ. κτλ.” S.El.1082; “οἵ τ᾽ ἀ. πρὸς τῶν ἀγενῶν κατανικῶνται” Id.Fr.84; τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν ib.649, cf. E.Alc.600, al.: “ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν” Pl.Phdr.274a:—in political sense, aristocrats, esp. in the phrase καλοὶ κἀγαθοί (v. sub καλοκἀγαθός).
2. brave, valiant, since courage was attributed to Chiefs and Nobles, Il.1.131, al.; “τῷ κ᾽ ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἔπεφν᾽, ἀγαθὸν δέ κεν ἐξενάριξεν” 21.280; cf. Hdt.5.109, etc.
3. good, capable, in reference to ability, “ἀ. βασιλεύς” Il.3.179; “ἰητήρ” 2.732; “θεράπων” 16.165, 17.388; “πύκτης” Xenoph.2.15; “ἰητρός” Hp.Prog.1; “προβατογνώμων” A.Ag. 795; “ἄρχοντες” Democr.266: freq. with qualifying words, “ἀ. ἐν ὑσμίνῃ” Il.13.314; “βοὴν ἀ.” 2.408,563, al.; “πύξ” Od.11.300; “βίην” Il.6.478; “γνώμην” S.OT687; “πᾶσαν ἀρετήν” Pl.Lg.899b, cf. Alc.1.124e; “τέχνην” Id.Prt.323b; τὰ πολέμια, τὰ πολιτικά, Hdt.9.122, Pl.Grg.516b, etc.: more rarely c. dat., “ἀ. πολέμῳ” X.Oec.4.15: with Preps., “ἄνδρες ἀ. περὶ τὸ πλῆθος” Lys.13.2; “εἴς τι” Pl.Alc.1.125a; “πρός τι” Id.R.407e: c. inf., “ἀ. μάχεσθαι” Hdt.1.136; “ἱππεύεσθαι” 1.79; ἀ. ἱστάναι good at weighing, Pl.Prt.356b.
4. good, in moral sense, first in Thgn.438, cf. Heraclit.104, S.El.1082, X.Mem.1.7.1, Pl.Ap.41d, etc.; “ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς πατρὶς ὁ ξύμπας κόσμος” Democr.247: freq. with other Adjs., “ὁ πιστὸς κἀ.” S.Tr.541; δικαίων κἀ. ib.1050:—ironical, “τὸν ἀ. Κρέοντα” Id.Ant.31.
5. ὦ ἀγαθέ, my good friend, as a term of gentle remonstrance, Pl.Prt.311a, etc.
II. of things,
1. good, serviceable, “Ἰθάκη . . ἀ. κουροτρόφος” Od.9.27, etc.; “ἀ. τοῖς τοκεῦσι, τῇ πόλει” X.Cyn.13.17: c. gen., εἴ τι οἶδα πυρετοῦ ἀ. good for it, Id.Mem.3.8.3; “ἑλκῶν” Thphr.HP9.11.1.
2. of outward circumstances, “αἰδὼς οὐκ ἀ. κεχρημένῳ ἀνδρὶ παρεῖναι” Od.17.347; “εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν” to good purpose, Il.9.102; “ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀ. περ” for his own good end, 11.789; “οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη” 2.204:—ἀγαθόν [ἐστι], c. inf., it is good to do so and so<*> Il.7.282, 24.130, Od.3.196, etc.
4. ἀγαθόν, τό, good, blessing, benefit, of persons or things, “ὦ μέγα ἀ. σὺ τοῖς φίλοις” X.Cyr.5.3.20; “φίλον, ὃ μέγιστον ἀ. εἶναί φασι” Id.Mem.2.4.2, cf. Ar.Ra.74, etc; as term of endearment for a baby, blessing!, treasure!, Men.Sam.28:— ἀγαθόν τινα δεδρακέναι, πεποιηκέναι confer a benefit on . . , Th.3.68, Lys.13.92; ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῷ τινος for one's good, Th.5.27, X.Cyr.7.4.3; “ἐπ᾽ ἀ. τοῖς πολίταις” Ar.Ra.1487; “οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἀ.” for no good end, Th.1.131; “ἐπ᾽ οὐδενὶ ἀ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος” X.HG5.2.35:—in pl., ἡ ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθοῖς γεναμένη (sic) “κατασπορά” PFlor.21.10 (iii A.D.):—τὸ ἀ. or τἀ., the good, Epich.171.5, cf. Pl.R.506b, 508e, Arist.Metaph.1091a31, etc.:—in pl., ἀγαθά, τά, goods of fortune, treasures, wealth, Hdt.2.172, Lys.13.91, X.Mem.1.2.63, etc.; “ἀγαθὰ πράττειν” fare well, Ar.Av.1706; also, good things, dainties, Thgn.1000, Ar.Ach.873, etc.: good qualities, “τοῖς ἀ., οἷς ἔχομεν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ” Isoc.8.32, cf. Democr.37; good points, of a horse, “εἰ τἄλλα πάντα ἀ. ἔχοι, κακόπους δ᾽ εἴη” X.Eq. 1.2.
III. Comp. and Sup. are usu. supplied from other stems, viz. Comp. ἀμείνων, ἀρείων<*> βελτίων, κρείσσων （κάρρων）, λωΐων （λὥων̓), Ep. βέλτερος, λωΐτερος, φέρτερος:—Sup. ἄριστος, βέλτιστος, κράτιστος, λώϊστος （λῷστος), Ep.βέλτατος, κάρτιστος, φέρτατος, φέριστος:— later, reg. Comp. “ἀγαθώτερος” LXX Jd.11.25, 15.2, D.S.8Fr.12, Plot. 5.5.9, Diod.Rh.p.53.9H.: Sup. “ἀγαθώτατος” D.S.16.85, Hld.5.15, etc. (“-ότατος” POxy.1757.26 (ii A.D.)).