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greet with affection (cf. foreg.), once in Hom., Od. l.c.:—in Trag. only show affection for the dead, ὅτʼ ἠγάπα νεκρούς E. Supp. 764, cf. Hel. 937:— Pass., to be regarded with affection, ξένων εὐεργεσίαις ἀγαπᾶται Pi. I. 5(6).70:— generally, love, ὥσπερ . . οἱ ποιηταὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ποιήματα καὶ οἱ πατέρες τοὺς παῖδας ἀγαπῶσι Pl. R. 330c, cf. Lg. 928a; ὡς λύκοι ἄρνʼ ἀγαπῶσʼ Poet. ap. Phdr. 241d; ἀ. τοὺς ἐπαινέτας ib. 257e; ἐπιστήμην, τὰ χρήματα, etc., Id. Phlb. 62d, al.; τούτους ἀγαπᾶ καὶ περὶ αὑτὸν ἔχει D. 2.19; ὁ μέγιστον ἀγαπῶν διʼ ἐλάχιστʼ ὀργίζεται Men. 659; esp. of children, αὐτὸν ἐτιθηνούμην ἀγαπῶσα Id. Sam. 32, etc.:— Pass., Pl. Plt. 301d, etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν ἠγαπῆσθαι D. 61.9; ὑπὸ τοῦ φθᾶ OGI 90.4 ( Rosetta, ii B. C.); so in LXX of the love of God for man and of man for God, Is. 41.8, De. 11.1, al., cf. Ev.Jo. 3.21, Ep.Rom. 8.28:—as dist. fr. φιλέω (q. v.) implying regard rather than affection, but the two are interchanged, cf. X. Mem. 2.7.9 and 12; φιλεῖσθαι defined as ἀγαπᾶσθαι αὐτὸν διʼ αὑτόν Arist. Rh. 1371a21:—seldom of sexual love, for ἐράω, Arist. Fr. 76, Luc. JTr. 2; ἀ. ἑταίραν Anaxil. 22.1 (but ἀ. ἑταίρας to be fond of them, X. Mem. 1.5.4; ἐρωτικὴν μέμψιν ἡ ἀγαπωμένη λύει dub. in Democr. 271):—of brotherly love, Ev.Matt. 5.43, al.