deserve
From LSJ
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἄξιος εἶναι (gen.).
verb intransitive with infin.: P. and V. δίκαιος εἶναι (infin.), ἄξιος εἶναι (infin.), ἐπάξιος εἶναι (infin.) (Plato).