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|Definition=gen. εως, Ion. -ιος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thinking worthy]], <b class="b3">τῆς ἀξιώσιος εἵνεκα τῆς ἐμεῦ γῆμαι</b> for your [[deeming]] it [[fit]] to marry from my family, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.130.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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 [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[dignity]], [[rank]], Id.6.71, al., App.''BC''1.79; λοχαγοῦ τάξις καὶ ἀ. Arr.''Tact.''12.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[dignity]] of style, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]'' 18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[demand]], [[claim]], on grounds of merit (opp. [[χρεία]], on grounds of necessity), Th.1.37; <b class="b3">ἀ. χάριτος</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[petition]], ἀ. ἔγγραφος Plu. ''Demetr.''42; = [[libellus]], D.C.60.30.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[opinion]], [[principle]], [[maxim]], τὴν ἀ. ταύτην εἰλήφεσαν.. Th.2.88, cf. Aeschin.3.220.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐς τὰ ἔργα</b> [[the established meaning]] of words, Th.3.82.