ἄξιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄγω (ágō) + -τιος (-tios), with the verb in the sense "draw down (in the scale)", hence "weigh, import".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ák.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈak.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.si.os/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́ξῐος • (áxios) m (feminine ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓́ξῐον); first/second declension
- 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"
- worthy, fit
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́ξῐος áxios |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ axíā |
ᾰ̓́ξῐον áxion |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω axíō |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ axíā |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω axíō |
ᾰ̓́ξῐοι áxioi |
ᾰ̓́ξῐαι áxiai |
ᾰ̓́ξῐᾰ áxia | |||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ου axíou |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱς axíās |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ου axíou |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν axíoin |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́αιν axíain |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν axíoin |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ων axíōn |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ων axíōn |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ων axíōn | |||||
Dative | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ῳ axíōi |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾳ axíāi |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ῳ axíōi |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν axíoin |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́αιν axíain |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν axíoin |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́οις axíois |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́αις axíais |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́οις axíois | |||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́ξῐον áxion |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱν axíān |
ᾰ̓́ξῐον áxion |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω axíō |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ axíā |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω axíō |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ους axíous |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱς axíās |
ᾰ̓́ξῐᾰ áxia | |||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́ξῐε áxie |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ axíā |
ᾰ̓́ξῐον áxion |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω axíō |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ axíā |
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω axíō |
ᾰ̓́ξῐοι áxioi |
ᾰ̓́ξῐαι áxiai |
ᾰ̓́ξῐᾰ áxia | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓ξῐ́ως axíōs |
ᾰ̓ξῐώτερος axiṓteros |
ᾰ̓ξῐώτᾰτος axiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀντάξιος (antáxios)
- ἀξία (axía, “worth”)
- 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”)
- ἀξιόμορφος (axiómorphos, “shapely, beautiful”)
- ἀξιοτίμητος (axiotímētos, “highly prized, valuable”)
- ἀξιοπρεπής (axioprepḗs, “proper, becoming”)
- ἀξιοφανής (axiophanḗs, “reputable”)
Descendants
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 (2006–2024)
- “ἄξιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G514 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.