ἀφιλάγαθος

ἀφιλάγαθος, ον (s. φιλέω, ἀγαθός) pert. to lack of generous interest in the public good, without interest in the (public) good (cp. cognate φιλαγαθία=generosity OGI 146, 4 and oft.; φιλαγάθως 339, 27 [II B.C.] et al. in connection with expenditures for choral production. Cp. also POxy 33 II, 13 [II A.D.] ἀφιλοκαγαθία [s. ed.’s note] prob. a shortened form for *ἀφιλοκαλοκαγαθία [opp. φιλοκαγαθία CIG 4078, 12, s. note SEG VI, 68; PLond 1927, 40]; POxy 33 II, 11 φιλάγαθος and s. Nägeli 52). In a list of vices 2 Ti 3:3 (so far the word is found only here, but this is prob. due to the fact that the affirmative φιλάγαθος is freq. in honorary ins and the unfavorable term ἀ. would not suggest itself in such a medium, whereas 2 Ti 3:3 projects a [satirical?] sketch of pers. who are the opp. of public expectation).—M-M. TW.