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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

  • ἐὰν δὲ μάχωνται δύο ἄνδρεσ καὶ πατάξωσι γυναῖκα ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαν καὶ ἐξέλθῃ τὸ παιδίον αὐτῆσ μὴ ἐξεικονισμένον, ἐπιζήμιον ζημιωθήσεται. καθότι ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆσ γυναικόσ, δώσει μετὰ ἀξιώματοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:22)
  • οὐδ’ αὖ κατὰ πενίαν, ἔχων δέ τι ἀγαθὸν δρᾶσαι τὴν πόλιν, ἀξιώματοσ ἀφανείᾳ κεκώλυται· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 44)
  • τοῖσ δὲ διαλεκτικοῖσ χαίρειν ἔλεγε σοφὸσ ὁ θεόσ, οὐδὲν οἰομένοισ ἐκ τοῦ εἰ μορίου καὶ τοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀξιώματοσ πρᾶγμα γίγνεσθαι, πάσασ τὰσ ἐρωτήσεισ ὑποτεταγμένασ τούτῳ καὶ νοῶν ὡσ πράγματα καὶ προσιέμενοσ. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 52)
  • θυμὸσ γὰρ ἢ πάθοσ ἢ ὀργὴ ἢ ὀξύτησ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὅσα κεκίνηται, ἀξιώματοσ ἢ τραχύτητόσ ἐστι, παθῶν δὲ μεταβολῆσ καὶ προτροπῆσ, ὁποίασ ὁ Δημοσθένησ ἐστὶ γνώμησ· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 2:3)
  • καὶ τὰ καθ’ ἓν λεγόμενα, οἱο͂ν πάντα μὲν χαλκόν, πάντα δὲ φοίνικα, τῆσ ἀφελείασ ἐστί, τὸ δὲ κατὰ πλῆθοσ τῆσ περιβολῆσ καὶ τοῦ ἀξιώματοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 17:7)

Synonyms

  1. that which is thought worthy

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