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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

  • καὶ δότω μοι τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, ὅ ἐστιν αὐτῷ, τὸ ὂν ἐν μέρει τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἀξίου δότω μοι αὐτὸ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ κτῆσιν μνημείου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:9)
  • καὶ σὺ μὴ προσεύχου περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου καὶ μὴ ἀξίου περὶ αὐτῶν ἐν δεήσει καὶ προσευχῇ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ἐν τῷ καιρῷ, ἐν ᾧ ἐπικαλοῦνταί με, ἐν καιρῷ κακώσεωσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 11:13)
  • μάλιστα δὲ ἤκμασε μετὰ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου τελευτήν, Δημοσθένουσ μὲν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ῥητόρων φυγαῖσ ἀιδίοισ καὶ θανάτοισ περιπεσόντων, οὐδενὸσ δ’ ὑπολειπομένου μετ’ αὐτοὺσ ἀνδρὸσ ἀξίου λόγου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 2 1:5)
  • ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ ταῦτα ἔργα μὲν εἶναι σοφιστῶν λίαν ἀχρήστων καὶ σφόδρα βίου δεομένων, ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ πολίτου πολλοῦ ἀξίου περὶ τῶν μεγίστων συμβουλεύειν, ὁρῶν οὕτωσ αἰσχρῶσ διακειμένην τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ πολλὰ μὲν αὐτῆσ ὄντα ὑπὸ τῷ βαρβάρῳ, πολλὰσ δὲ πόλεισ ὑπὸ τυράννων ἀναστάτουσ γεγενημένασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 30 1:3)
  • καὶ κατορθώσασι γὰρ εὔλογον, κἄν τι σφαλῆτ’, ἐξ ἀξίου γοῦν τοῦ ξύλου, ἤν τι καὶ πάσχητε, πάσχειν τοῖσ σοφοῖσ δοκήσετε. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Parabasis, antepirrheme5)
  • καὶ σύ μὴ προσεύχου περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου καὶ μὴ ἀξιοῦ τοῦ ἐλεηθῆναι αὐτοὺσ καὶ μὴ εὔχου καὶ μὴ προσέλθῃσ μοι περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 7:15)

Synonyms

  1. worthy

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