ἄξιος

See also: Ἀξιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄγω (ágō) +‎ -τιος (-tios), with the verb in the sense "draw down (in the scale)", hence "weigh, import".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ákʰ.si.os/ → /ˈax.si.os/ → /ˈak.si.os/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /ákʰ.si.os/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈakʰ.si.os/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈax.si.os/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.si.os/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈak.si.os/

Adjective

ἄξῐος • (áxios) m (feminine ἀξίᾱ, neuter ἄξῐον); first/second declension

1. counterbalancing, weighing as much as, of like value
   • Il.23.885 νῦν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος "we [all of us] are not worth as much as one Hector"
2. worthy, fit

Inflection

Declension of ἄξιος; ἀξίᾱ; ἄξιον

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄξιος	ἀξίᾱ	ἄξιον		ἀξίω	ἀξίᾱ	ἀξίω		ἄξιοι	ἀξῖαι	ἄξιᾰ
Genitive		ἀξίου	ἀξίᾱς	ἀξίου		ἀξίοιν	ἀξίαιν	ἀξίοιν		ἀξίων	ἀξίων	ἀξίων
Dative		ἀξίῳ	ἀξίᾳ	ἀξίῳ		ἀξίοιν	ἀξίαιν	ἀξίοιν		ἀξίοις	ἀξίαις	ἀξίοις
Accusative		ἄξιον	ἀξίᾱν	ἄξιον		ἀξίω	ἀξίᾱ	ἀξίω		ἀξίους	ἀξίᾱς	ἄξιᾰ
Vocative		ἄξιε	ἀξίᾱ	ἄξιον		ἀξίω	ἀξίᾱ	ἀξίω		ἄξιοι	ἀξῖαι	ἄξιᾰ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀξίως				ἀξιότερος				ἀξιότᾰτος
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀξιόω (axióō) "to deem worthy or suitable"
• ἀξιο- is a productive element in compounds in classical Greek, forming adjectives meaning "worthy or suitable for ..."; Liddell & Scott (1940) have 53 entries of this kind, including ἀξιοδάκρυτος (axiodákrutos) "worthy of tears", ἀξιοεργός (axioergós) "fit for, capable of work", ἀξιοφίλητος (axiophílētos) "worth loving", ἀξιοκαταφρόνητος (axiokataphrónētos) "deserving contempt", etc.
• ἀξιόμορφος (axiómorphos) "shapely, beautiful"
• ἀξιοτίμητος (axiotímētos) "highly prized, valuable"
• ἀξιοπρεπής (axioprepḗs) "proper, becoming"
• ἀξιοφανής (axiophanḗs) "reputable"

Descendants

• Modern Greek: άξιος (áxios)

Further reading

• ἄξιος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄξιος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄξιος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἄξιος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἄξιος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἄξιος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2017)
• ἄξιος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G514”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Axius (river) idem, page 1003.
  • adequate idem, page 11.
  • condign idem, page 157.
  • deserved idem, page 215.
  • deserving idem, page 215.
  • due idem, page 255.
  • exemplary idem, page 290.
  • fit idem, page 323.
  • just idem, page 466.
  • merited idem, page 526.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • worth idem, page 990.
  • worthy idem, page 991.
• axiom in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911