ἀξία

ἀξία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ, ([etym.] ἄξιος)

A worth, value,

τῶν φορτίων Hdt.4.196

;

τοῦ τιμήματος τῆς ἀξίας E.Hipp.623

;

ἡ ἀ. τοῦ δούλου Pl.Lg.936d

; then, simply, money-value, price, amount,

κατ' ἀξίην ἑκάστου ἀδικήματος ἐδικαίευ Hdt.1.100

;

ὑποτελέειν ἀξίην βασιλέϊ Id.4.201

; τῆς ἀ. τιμᾶσθαι estimate the penalty at the real amount, Pl.Ap.36b, cf. e;

τὴν ἀξίαν τῆς βλάβης ἀπογράφεσθαι Id.Lg.845e

; προσάπτειν ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τὴν ἀ. τοῦ πάθους ib.876d;

μὴ κατ' ἀξίαν τῆς οὐσίας X. Cyr.8.4.32

;

σκοποῦμαι . . εἰ ἄρα ὥσπερ τῶν οἰκετῶν, οὕτω καὶ τῶν φίλων εἰσὶν ἀξίαι Id.Mem.2.5.2

; κατὰ τὴν τῆς ὀλιγωρίας ἀ. according to the amount of his neglect, Decr. ap. D.18.74; ἡ κατ' ἀ. ἰσότης proportionate equality, Arist.Pol.1302a8; τὸ κατ' ἀ. ἴσον ib.1301b30;

παρὰ τὴν ἀ. Id.EN1122b29

,al.

2 of persons, reputation, dignity, Th.6.68, D.13.18, cf. 18.63;

ἡ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀ. Pl.Lg.945b

; ἡ τῆς ἀ. τιμή ib.744b; οἱ ἐπ' ἀξίας persons of dignity, official personages, Luc.Nigr.24; ἐξεπορεύετο μετὰ μεγάλης ἀ. with great dignity, pomp, Plb.38.8.6;

κατὰ δουλικὴν ἀξίαν κοσμεῖσθαι D.S.5.40

.

3 generally, a man's due, merit, deserts,

τὴν μὲν ἀ. οὐ λάμψεαι, ἐλάσσω δὲ τῆς ἀξίης Hdt.7.39

;

εἰ τῆς ἀ. ἐτύγχανες Ar.Av.1223

; κατ' ἀξίαν according to desert or merit, duly, E.Hec.374, Pl.R.496a, cf. Phd.113e, al.; ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀ. beyond desert, undeservedly, E.HF146, D.2.3; παρὰ τὴν ἀ., οὐ κατ' ἀ., Th.7.77, cf. D.1.23.

b penaliy, τὴν ἀ. ἀποτίνειν, ὑπέχειν, Luc. DMort.30.1, Pisc.8.

4 moral value, Stoic.3.30: pl., Cleanth.ib. 1.129.

II estimate of a thing's worth, opinion,

κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀ. D.S.14.10

, cf. 107; esp. estimate of the moral value of actions,

αἱ τῶν ἐκτὸς ἀξίαι Arr.Epict.1.2.7

, cf. 1.25.17.