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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 εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸσ Ὀρνά. δόσ μοι τὸν τόπον σου τῆσ ἅλω, καὶ οἰκοδομήσω ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ. ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἀξίῳ δόσ μοι αὐτόν, καὶ παύσεται ἡ πληγὴ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:22)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Δαυὶδ τῷ Ὀρνά. οὐχί, ὅτι ἀγοράζων ἀγοράσω ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἀξίῳ, ὅτι οὐ μὴ λάβω ἅ ἐστί σοι Κυρίῳ τοῦ ἀνανέγκαι ὁλοκαύτωσιν δωρεὰν Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:24)
  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ εἶδοσ αἶνον ἄξιον φέρειν Ἑλένησ τε καὶ σοῦ, δύο δ’ ἔφυτε συγγόνω, ἄμφω ματαίω Κάστορόσ τ’ οὐκ ἀξίω. (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:4)
  • ὑμεῖσ δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ὥσπερ καὶ ἄλλουσ πολλοὺσ σεσώκατε τῶν πολιτῶν ἀδίκωσ εἰσ ἀγῶνασ καταστάντασ, οὕτω καὶ Εὐξενίππῳ βοηθήσατε, καὶ μὴ περιίδητε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ πράγματι οὐδενὸσ ἀξίῳ καὶ εἰσαγγελίᾳ τοιαύτῃ, ᾗ οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἔνοχόσ ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὴ παρὰ τοὺσ νόμουσ ἐστὶν εἰσηγγελμένη, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κατηγόρου τρόπον τινὰ ἀπολελυμένη. (Hyperides, Speeches, 38:2)
  • Χρὴ γάρ, οἶμαι, σοι τῷ πρώτῳ χρηστῷ καὶ ἀξίῳ ἐντυχόντι ἀποφέρεσθαι. (Lucian, 118:6)
  • καὶ ἦλθον πρὸσ Βαλαὰμ καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ. τάδε λέγει Βαλὰκ ὁ τοῦ Σεπφώρ. ἀξιῶ σε, μὴ ὀκνήσῃσ ἐλθεῖν πρόσ με. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:16)
  • καὶ νῦν τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὅ σε ἀξιῶ, κύριε βασιλεῦ, καὶ ὃ αἰτοῦμαί σε, καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μεγαλωσύνη ἡ παρὰ σοῦ. δέομαι οὖν ἵνα ποιήσῃσ τὴν εὐχήν, ἣν ηὔξω τῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκ στόματόσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:46)
  • παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶσ καὶ ἀξιῶ, μεμνημένουσ τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν κοινῇ καὶ κατ̓ ἰδίαν, ἕκαστον συντηρεῖν τὴν οὖσαν εὔνοιαν εἰσ ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν υἱόν μου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 9:26)

Synonyms

  1. worthy

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