ἀξίωσις

English (LSJ)

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, one's 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.BC1.79; 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.