ἄξιος

English (LSJ)

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 Att. in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, Ar.Eq.672,895: 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. 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.