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ἄξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄξιος ἀξίᾱ ἄξιον

Structure: ἀξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gw IV, and so properly weighing as much.

Sense

  1. counterbalancing, weighing as much as, of like value
  2. worthy, fit

Examples

  • ὦ ἄξιε τῆσ ἱερωσύνησ ἱερεῦ, οὐκ ἐμίανασ τοὺσ ἱεροὺσ ὀδόντασ οὐδὲ τὴν θεοσέβειαν καὶ καθαρισμὸν νόμιμον χωρήσασαν γαστέρα ἐκοινώνησασ μιαροφαγίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:6)
  • "ἐλθεῖν, ἡρ́ω Διόνυσε, Ἀλεῖον ἐσ ναὸν ἁγνὸν σὺν Χαρίτεσσιν ἐσ ναὸν τῷ βοέῳ ποδὶ θύων ’ εἶτα δὶσ ἐπᾴδουσιν ’ἄξιε ταῦρε. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 362)
  • "εἶτα δὶσ ἐπᾴδουσιν ἄξιε ταῦρε; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 361)

Synonyms

  1. worthy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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