ἀγαθωσύνη

See also: ἀγαθωσύνῃ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.tʰɔː.sý.nɛː/ → /a.ɣa.θoˈsy.ni/ → /a.ɣa.θoˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.tʰɔː.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.tʰoˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.θoˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.θoˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.θoˈsi.ni/

Noun

ἀγαθωσύνη • (agathōsúnē) f (genitive ἀγαθωσύνης); first declension

1. goodness, kindness
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 15:14
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Judges 9.16
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 5:9

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀγαθωσύνη; τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγαθωσύνη hē agathōsúnē	τὼ ἀγαθωσύνᾱ tṑ agathōsúnā	αἱ ἀγαθωσύναι hai agathōsúnai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης tês agathōsúnēs	τοῖν ἀγαθωσύναιν toîn agathōsúnain	τῶν ἀγαθωσυνῶν tôn agathōsunôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγαθωσύνῃ têi agathōsúnēi	τοῖν ἀγαθωσύναιν toîn agathōsúnain	ταῖς ἀγαθωσύναις taîs agathōsúnais
Accusative	τὴν ἀγαθωσύνην tḕn agathōsúnēn	τὼ ἀγαθωσύνᾱ tṑ agathōsúnā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγαθωσύνᾱς tā̀s agathōsúnās
Vocative	ἀγαθωσύνη agathōsúnē	ἀγαθωσύνᾱ agathōsúnā	ἀγαθωσύναι agathōsúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀγαθωσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγαθωσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγαθωσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγαθωσύνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G19 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible