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ἄξιος
ἄξιος
See also: Ἀξιός
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /áxsios/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /áksios/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /áksios/
Adjective
ἄξιος • (áxios) m (feminine ἀξίᾱ, neuter ἄξιον); 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́ξῐος | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ | ᾰ̓́ξῐον | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω | ᾰ̓́ξῐοι | ᾰ̓́ξῐαι | ᾰ̓́ξῐᾰ | ||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ου | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱς | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ου | ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν | ᾰ̓ξῐ́αιν | ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ων | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ων | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ων | ||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ῳ | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾳ | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ῳ | ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν | ᾰ̓ξῐ́αιν | ᾰ̓ξῐ́οιν | ᾰ̓ξῐ́οις | ᾰ̓ξῐ́αις | ᾰ̓ξῐ́οις | ||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́ξῐον | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱν | ᾰ̓́ξῐον | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ους | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱς | ᾰ̓́ξῐᾰ | ||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́ξῐε | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ | ᾰ̓́ξῐον | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ | ᾰ̓ξῐ́ω | ᾰ̓́ξῐοι | ᾰ̓́ξῐαι | ᾰ̓́ξῐᾰ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| ᾰ̓ξῐ́ως | ᾰ̓ξῐώτερος | ᾰ̓ξῐώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, 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)
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, 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