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ἄξιος

axios

counterbalancing

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ἄξιος, ία, ιον (ος, ον Nonn. D. 8.314), for *ἄγ-τιος, A. counterbalancing, cf. ἄγω v1: hence prop. weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as, c. gen., βοὸς ἄ. Il. 23.885; νῦν δʼ οὐδʼ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not—all together—worth one Hector, 8.234, cf. Hdt. 1.32, 7.21; πάντων Ζεὺς ἄξιον ἦμαρ ἔδωκεν Il. 15.719; so πολλοῦ ἄ. worth much, X. An. 4.1.28, Pl. Smp. 185b, etc.; πλείονος ἄ. Id. Phdr. 235b, etc.; πλείστου ἄ. Th. 2.65, Pl. Grg. 464d, etc.; παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄ., E. Fr. 275, Pl. Sph. 216c; παντὸς ἄ., c. inf., Ar. Av. 797; λόγου ἄ., = ἀξιόλογος, Hdt. 1.133, Th. 1.73, etc.; σπουδῆς, μνήμης ἄ., Plu. 2.35a,172e:—opp. to these are οὐδενὸς ἄ. Thgn. 456; ἢ παντὸς ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐδενός Pl. Phlb. 64d; ὀλίγου Id. Grg. 497b, etc.; σμικροῦ Id. R. 504d, etc.; βραχέος Id. Lg. 692c; μείονος, ἐλάττονος ἄ., X. Vect. 4.50, Cyr. 2.2.14; πολλαπλασίου τιμήματος ἄ. κτήσεις Arist. Pol. 1306b12; also εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄ. worth up to a sum of . ., D. 27.10. 2. c. dat. pers., σοὶ δʼ ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς ʼtis worth a return to thee, i.e. will bring thee a return, Od. 1.318; πολέος δέ οἱ ἄξιος ἔσται Il. 23.562; βασιλεῖ ἂν πολλοῦ ἄξιοι γένοιντο X. An. 2.1.14. 3. abs., worthy, goodly, ἄξια δῶρα Il. 9.261; ἄ. ὦνος a goodly price, Od. 15.429; ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι it would bring thee a good price, 20.383; φέροντες ὅ τι ἕκαστος ἄξιον εἶχε X. Cyr. 3.3.2. b. in Att. in an exactly opposite sense, ‘good value for the money’, i.e. cheap, Ar. Eq. 672,895: Comp., ib.645; ὡς ἀξιώτατον πρίασθαι Lys. 22.18; ὡς ἄ. γεγόνασιν οἱ πυροὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ Thphr. Char. 3.3, cf. X. Vect. 4.6. 4. deserved, meet, due, δίκη S. El. 298, X. Oec. 12.19; χάρις Id. HG 1.6.11; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, A. Ag. 1527, cf. E. Ion 735. 5. of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of oneʼs own rank, his peers, Hdt. 1.107. 6. sufficient for, c. gen., ἄ. τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματα D. 14.27. 7. αἰδοῦς ἀξίαν . . τὴν προθυμίαν μᾶλλον ἢ θράσους more like modesty than rashness, Arist. Cael. 291b25. II. after Hom., in moral relation, worthy, estimable, of persons and things, Hdt. 7.224, etc.; οὐδὲν ἀξία nothing worth, A. Ch. 445; ἀξίαν κἀπʼ ἀξίων Id. Eu. 435; ἀξίων γεννητόρων ἤθη φυλάσσεις E. Ion 735. 2. worthy of, deserving, mostly c. gen. rei, ἄξιον φυγῆς, ἄξια στεναγμάτων, γέλωτος, Id. Med. 1124, Or. 1326, Heracl. 507; ἐγκωμίων τί ἀξιώτερον ἤ . .; X. Ages. 10.3: c. gen. pers., ποιεῖν ἄξια οὔτε ὑμῶν οὔτε πατέρων Th. 2.71; ἄξιον τοῦ πατρός Isoc. 9.80; ἄξια τοῦ Μαραθῶνος διανοεῖσθαι Plu. Cim. 5. b. c. gen. rei et dat. pers., ἡμῖν δʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἄξιος τιμῆς is worthy of honour at our hands, E. Hec. 309; πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν ἄ. ὑμῖν Ar. Ach. 633; ἄ. πλείστου Λακεδαιμονίοις Th. 4.81; θανάτου τῇ πόλει X. Mem. 1.1.1, cf. 1.2.62; εἰμὶ δʼ οὐ τούτων ὑμῖν ἄ. D. 21.217; χάριτος ἄ. τῇ πόλει Antipho 6.10; later τιμῆς ἄ. παρὰ πάντων Luc. Tox. 3. 3. c. inf., Προθοήνορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι ἄ. worthy to be killed instead of him, Il. 14.472, cf. Th. 1.76; τίεσθαι δʼ ἀξιώτατος A. Ag. 531; ἄ. θρήνων τυχεῖν S. Aj. 924; ἄξιοι δουλεύειν only fit to be slaves, Arist. Pol. 1254b36; also ἄ. σέβειν E. Heracl. 315 (Elmsl.). b. ἄξιός εἰμι, like δίκαιός εἰμι, I deserve to . ., ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖν Ar. Ec. 324; ἄξιός εἰμι ἀπολαῦσαι X. Cyr. 5.4.19: abs., the inf. being supplied, authorized to act, And. 1.132; ἄ. γάρ, emphatically, Pl. Tht. 143e. c. later ἄ. ἵνα Ev.Jo. 1.27. 4. ἄξιόν [ἐστι] ʼtis meet, fit, due, ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι Il. 13.446; ἄ. μνήμην ἔχειν Hdt. 1.14: later c. fut. inf., ἄ. διαπορήσειν Did.in D.9.15. b. c. dat. pers. et inf., τῇ πόλει γὰρ ἄξιον ξυλλαβεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα ʼtis meet for the city, is worth her while . ., Ar. Ach. 205; τί σοι ζῆν ἄξιον; Id. Nu. 1074, cf. Av. 548; ἄξιόν γε πᾶσιν ἐπολολύξαι Id. Eq. 616; freq. in X. as ὡς οὐκ ἄξιον εἴη βασιλεῖ ἀφεῖναι κτλ. that it was not meet for him . ., An. 2.3.25. c. the inf. is sts. omitted, ἄξιον γὰρ Ἑλλάδι ʼtis meet in the eyes of Hellas [so to do], Ar. Ach. 8; and sts. the dat., ἄξιόν ἐστι operae pretium est, it is worth while, ἐνθυμηθῆναι D. 1.21; γαμεῖν οὐκ ἄξιον E. Alc. 628. III. Adv. ἀξίως, c. gen., ἐμάχοντο ἀξίως λόγου Hdt. 6.112; οὔτε ἑωυτοῦ ἀ. Id. 3.125; οὐκ ἀ. ἀπηγήσιος ibid.; τῆς ἀσικίας Th. 3.39; ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς θεᾶς, OGI 331.9 (Pergam.), Inscr.Magn. 33.30, cf. 1 Ep.Thess. 2.12: abs., S. OT 133, etc.; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, Th. 3.40.
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