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ἀξίωσις

axiosis

thinking worthy

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀξίωσις, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, A. thinking worthy, τῆς ἀξιώσιος εἵνεκα τῆς ἐμεῦ γῆμαι for your deeming it fit to marry from my family, Hdt. 6.130. 2. being thought worthy, oneʼs reputation, character, διὰ τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν ἀ. Th. 1.138, cf. 6.54; τὴν ἀ. μὴ ἀφανίζειν Id. 2.61; excellence, τῶν ποιημάτων D.H. Comp. 4. 3. dignity, rank, Id. 6.71, al., App. BC 1.79; λοχαγοῦ τάξις καὶ ἀ. Arr. Tact. 12.4. 4. dignity of style, D.H. Comp. 18. II. demand, claim, on grounds of merit (opp. χρεία, on grounds of necessity), Th. 1.37; ἀ. χάριτος ib.41, cf. Plb. 1.67.10, PRyl. 120.17 (ii A. D.), etc.; generally, request, ἐχθροῦ δεηθέντος μὴ ἀποστραφῇς τὴν ἀ. Epicur. Fr. 215. b. petition, ἀ. ἔγγραφος Plu. Demetr. 42; = libellus, D.C. 60.30. III. opinion, principle, maxim, τὴν ἀ. ταύτην εἰλήφεσαν . . Th. 2.88, cf. Aeschin. 3.220. IV. ἀ. τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐς τὰ ἔργα the established meaning of words, Th. 3.82.
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