From Proto-Hellenic *əgatʰós, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂dʰh₁ós (“made great; whose deeds are great”), from *méǵh₂s (“great”) + *dʰeh₁- (“do”) + *-ós. Compare Latin magnificus from same roots.
Beekes rejects an Indo-European etymology and assigns it as a Pre-Greek borrowing instead.
ᾰ̓γᾰθός • (agathós) m (feminine ᾰ̓γᾰθή, neuter ᾰ̓γᾰθόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓γᾰθός agathós |
ᾰ̓γᾰθή agathḗ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ agathā́ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοί agathoí |
ᾰ̓γᾰθαί agathaí |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́ agathá | |||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓γᾰθοῦ agathoû |
ᾰ̓γᾰθῆς agathês |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῦ agathoû |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθαῖν agathaîn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθῶν agathôn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθῶν agathôn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθῶν agathôn | |||||
Dative | ᾰ̓γᾰθῷ agathôi |
ᾰ̓γᾰθῇ agathêi |
ᾰ̓γᾰθῷ agathôi |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθαῖν agathaîn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν agathoîn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖς agathoîs |
ᾰ̓γᾰθαῖς agathaîs |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοῖς agathoîs | |||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón |
ᾰ̓γᾰθήν agathḗn |
ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ agathā́ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθούς agathoús |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ς agathā́s |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́ agathá | |||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓γᾰθέ agathé |
ᾰ̓γᾰθή agathḗ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθόν agathón |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾱ́ agathā́ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώ agathṓ |
ᾰ̓γᾰθοί agathoí |
ᾰ̓γᾰθαί agathaí |
ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́ agathá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓γᾰθῶς agathôs |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώτερος / ἀμείνων / ἀρείων / βελτίων / κρείττων / λῴων / φέρτερος agathṓteros / ameínōn / areíōn / beltíōn / kreíttōn / lṓiōn / phérteros |
ᾰ̓γᾰθώτᾰτος / ἄριστος / βέλτιστος / κράτιστος / λῷστος / φέρτατος agathṓtatos / áristos / béltistos / krátistos / lôistos / phértatos | ||||||||||||
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