Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀξιόνικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀξιόνικος ἀξιόνικη ἀξιόνικον

Structure: ἀξιονικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ni/kh

Sense

  1. worthy of victory, more worthy

Examples

  • καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὡσ εἰσ τοσούτουσ ἀποδυσόμενοι εὐεξίασ τε ἐπιμελοῦνται, ὡσ μὴ αἰσχύνοιντο γυμνωθέντεσ, καὶ ἀξιονικότατον ἕκαστοσ αὑτὸν ἀπεργάζεται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 36:6)
  • Φιλέταιροσ δ’ ἐν Ἀσκληπιῷ πρὸσ τῷ ὀψοφαγεῖν καὶ κυβεύειν αὐτόν φησι, καθάπερ καὶ Καλλίαν τὸν ῥήτορα Ἀξιόνικοσ ἐν Φιλευριπίδῃ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 27 2:6)
  • Πυθοδήλου δέ τινοσ ἀσώτου μνημονεύει Ἀξιόνικοσ ἐν Τυρρηνῷ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 611)
  • καὶ Ἀξιόνικοσ ἐν Φιλευριπίδῃ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 76 2:6)
  • καὶ Ἀξιόνικοσ δ’ ἐν Χαλκιδικῷ φησιν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 371)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ ὁ Φιλόξενοσ τῶν παρασίτων, ὡσ Ἀξιόνικοσ εἴρηκεν ἐν τῷ Χαλκιδικῷ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 402)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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