ἀξία
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (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.
