ἄξιος

ἄξιος, ία, ιον (ος, ον Nonn.D.8.314), for Αγ-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 δ' οὐδ' 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 δ' ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς 'tis 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 [dialect] Att. in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, Ar.Eq.672,895: [comp] 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.HG1.6.11

; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, A.Ag.1527, cf. E.Ion735.

5 of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of one's 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 κἀπ' ἀξίων Id.Eu.435

;

ἀξίων γεννητόρων ἤθη φυλάσσεις E. Ion735

.

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 δ' 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 δ' 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 δ' 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] 'tis meet, fit, due,

ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι Il.13.446

;

ἄ. μνήμην ἔχειν Hdt.1.14

: later c. [tense] fut. inf.,

ἄ. διαπορήσειν Did.

in D.9.15.

b c. dat. pers. et inf., τῇ πόλει γὰρ ἄξιον ξυλλαβεῖν τὸν νο̄ρα 'tis 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 'tis 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, OGI331.9 (Pergam.), Inscr.Magn.33.30, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.2.12: abs., S.OT133, etc.; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, Th.3.40.