ἄξιος

See also: Ἀξιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄγ-τιος, from the root of ἄγω ‎(ágō), in the sense "draw down (in the scale)", hence "weigh, import".

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 • ‎(áxios) m ‎(feminine ἁξία, neuter ἄξιον); 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

    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 ‎(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)

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• 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.
  • adequate idem, page 11.
  • Axius (river) idem, page 1003.
  • 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