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ἀξίωμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀξίωμα ἀξιώματος

Structure: ἀξιωματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)cio/w

Sense

  1. that which is thought fit, a requisite
  2. that which is thought worthy
  3. that which a pupil is required to know beforehand
  4. a self-evident principle

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺσ δόξαν, εὑρόντοσ χάριν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἀξιώματα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:4)
  • καὶ σὺ δὲ τὸν πλοῦτον ἀποθέμενοσ, ὦ Κράτων, καὶ τὴν μαλακίαν δὲ προσέτι καὶ τὴν τρυφὴν μηδὲ τὰ ἐντάφια κόμιζε μηδὲ τὰ τῶν προγόνων ἀξιώματα, κατάλιπε δὲ καὶ γένοσ καὶ δόξαν καὶ εἴ ποτέ σε ἡ πόλισ ἀνεκήρυξε καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἀνδριάντων ἐπιγραφάσ, μηδέ, ὅτι μέγαν τάφον ἐπί σοι ἔχωσαν, λέγε· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 10:3)
  • ἦσαν δὲ κύριοι μὲν τῶν πραγμάτων διὰ τὰ ἀξιώματα καὶ διὰ τὰσ ἡλικίασ Ἵππαρχοσ καὶ Ἱππίασ, πρεσβύτεροσ δὲ ὢν ὁ Ἱππίασ καὶ τῇ φύσει πολιτικὸσ καὶ ἔμφρων ἐπεστάται τῆσ ἀρχῆσ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 18 1:1)
  • εἶτα πῶσ τολμῶσιν ἐπιτιμᾶν τοῖσ τὰσ κενότητασ εἰσάγουσι καὶ ἀμερῆ τινα καὶ μαχόμενον μήτε κινεῖσθαι μήτε μένειν ὑποτιθεμένοισ, αὐτοὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀξιώματα ψευδῆ λέγοντεσ εἶναι; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 39 14:2)
  • <οὐ γὰρ> ἔτι ἐλεοῦσιν ἐγγὺσ αὐτοῖσ τοῦ δεινοῦ ὄντοσ, καὶ τοὺσ ὁμοίουσ ἐλεοῦσιν κατὰ ἡλικίαν, κατὰ ἤθη, κατὰ ἕξεισ, κατὰ ἀξιώματα, κατὰ γένη· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 8 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. that which is thought worthy

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