ἄξιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγω (ágō, “I drive”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ákʰsi.os/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ákʰsios/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /áxsios/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /áksios/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /áksios/

Adjective

ἄξιος • (áksios) m, ἁξία f, ἄξιον n; first/second declension

1. worthy, fit; literally, weighing as much as, of like value

Inflection

    First and second declension of ἄξιος, ἁξίᾱ, ἄξιον

Number	Singular				Dual				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἄξιος	ἁξίᾱ	ἄξιον		ἁξίω	ἁξία	ἁξίω		ἄξιοι	ἄξιαι	ἄξια
Genitive	ἁξίου	ἁξίᾱς	ἁξίου		ἁξίοιν	ἁξίαιν	ἁξίοιν		ἁξίων	ἁξίων	ἁξίων
Dative	ἁξίῳ	ἁξίᾳ	ἁξίῳ		ἁξίοιν	ἁξίαιν	ἁξίοιν		ἁξίοις	ἁξίαις	ἁξίοις
Accusative	ἄξιον	ἁξίᾱν	ἄξιον		ἁξίω	ἁξία	ἁξίω		ἁξίους	ἁξίας	ἄξια
Vocative	ἄξιε	ἁξίᾱ	ἄξιον		ἁξίω	ἁξία	ἁξίω		ἄξιοι	ἄξιαι	ἄξια

Derived terms

• ἀξιόω

References

• ἄξιος in A Greek–English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• axiom in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911