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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

  • Ἐμοὶ δὲ δῴη ὁ Θεὸσ εἰπεῖν κατὰ γνώμην καὶ ἐνθυμηθῆναι ἀξίωσ τῶν δεδομένων, ὅτι αὐτὸσ καὶ τῆσ σοφίασ ὁδηγόσ ἐστι καὶ τῶν σοφῶν διορθωτήσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:15)
  • ΔΙΑ τοῦτο δ̓ ὁμοίων ἐκολάσθησαν ἀξίωσ καὶ διὰ πλήθουσ κνωδάλων ἐβασανίσθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:1)
  • Τέκνον, καθὼσ ἐὰν ἔχῃσ, εὖ ποίει σεαυτὸν καὶ προσφορὰσ Κυρίῳ ἀξίωσ πρόσαγε. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:11)
  • οὗτοσ μέντοι δοκεῖ καὶ κοσμῆσαι τὴν τέχνην ἀξίωσ. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 33:6)
  • ἡδέωσ δ’ ἄν μοι δοκεῖσ καὶ ποιητὴσ γενέσθαι τῶν ἐρωτικῶν ᾀσμάτων ἢ κἂν ἄλλου ποιήσαντοσ δύνασθαι ᾄδειν ἀξίωσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 27:3)

Synonyms

  1. worthy

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