ἀνάξιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ἀνάξιον, also ἀναξία, ἀνάξιον freq. in Att.:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[unworthy]], [[not deemed worthy]] or [[not held worthy]]; <b class="b3">ἀνάξιον σοῦ</b> [[too good for]] [[thee]], S.''Ph.''1009: also c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀνάξιαι γὰρ πᾶσίν ἐστε δυστυχεῖν</b> [[undeserving]] in the eyes of all to [[suffer]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1446; νικᾶν Pl.''Prt.''356a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[worthless]], [[despicable]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.9, S.''Ph.''439, etc.; ἁπερεί τις [[ἔποικος]] ἀναξία Id.''El.'' 189 (lyr.). Adv. [[ἀναξίως]] Id.''Aj.''1392, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[undeserving of evil]], Id.''Ant.''694, E.''Heracl.''526, Th.3.59.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[undeserved]], ἀνάξια σφέων αὐτῶν πεπονθότες [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.73, cf. 114, Lys.21.25, Pl.''Cri.'' 53e: also abs., ἀνάξια παθεῖν E.''IA''852, al., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''184a. Adv. [[ἀναξίως]] = [[unworthily]], [[undeservedly]], [[in unworthy manner]], ἐφθάρησαν ἀναξίως ἑωυτῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.10.έ.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[unworthy]], πολλὰ καὶ ἀνάξια ἐμοῦ Pl.''Ap.''38e.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[worthless]], τὸ ἀνάξιον ἀκερδές Id.''Hipparch.''231e.<br /><br />(B), ον, ([[ἄναξ]]) [[kingly]], [[royal]], Sch.Il.23.630.