A.“-οντι” Pi.I. 4(5).54; Ep. impf. “ἀγάπαζον” A.R.4.1291:—also in Med., Hom.; Dor. impf. “ἀ_γαπάζοντο” Pi.P.4.241:—Pass., Diotog. ap. Stob.4.7.62:— only in pres. and impf., exc. aor. act. “ἀγαπάξαι” Callicrat. ap. Stob.4.28.18:—treat with affection, receive with outward signs of love, “ὡς δὲ πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα . . ἀγαπάζει, ἐλθόντ᾽ ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης δεκάτῳ ἐνιαυτῷ” Od.16.17; “νεμεσσητὸν δέ κεν εἴη ἀθάνατον θεὸν ὧδε βροτοὺς ἀγαπαζέμεν ἄντην” Il.24.464; “νέκυν” E.Ph.1327:—Med. in abs. sense, show signs of love, caress, “κύνεον ἀγαπαζόμενοι κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὤμους” Od. 21.224: c. acc., like Act., Pi.P.l.c.; “τινὰ δώροις” A.R.4.416.
2. welcome, receive gratefully, “τιμαὶ καλλίνικον χάρμ᾽ ἀγαπάζοντι” Pi.I. l.c.