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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

  • ΝΥΝΙ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι, νῦν νουθετοῦσί με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν τοὺσ πατέρασ αὐτῶν, οὓσ οὐχ ἡγησάμην ἀξίουσ κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:1)
  • καὶ ὀλίγα παιδευθέντεσ μεγάλα εὐεργετηθήσονται, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸσ ἐπείρασεν αὐτοὺσ καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺσ ἀξίουσ ἑαυτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:5)
  • ὅτι τοὺσ ἀξίουσ αὐτῆσ αὕτη περιέρχεται ζητοῦσα καὶ ἐν ταῖσ τρίβοισ φαντάζεται αὐτοῖσ εὐμενῶσ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ἐπινοίᾳ ὑπαντᾷ αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 6:16)
  • ἔστι δὲ ἀρετῆσ καὶ τὸ εὐεργετεῖν τοὺσ ἀξίουσ, καὶ τὸ φιλεῖν τοὺσ ἀγαθούσ, καὶ τὸ μήτε κολαστικὸν εἶναι μήτε τιμωρητικόν, ἀλλὰ ἵλεων καὶ εὐμενικὸν καὶ συγγνωμονικόν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 45:1)
  • πλείστων μὲν οὖν ἀγαθῶν αἰτίουσ καὶ μεγίστων ἐπαίνων ἀξίουσ ἡγοῦμαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 14 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. worthy

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