axiōs

Included with: ἄξιος, ία, ιον
(ος, ον Refs 4th c.AD+ counterbalancing,Refs: hence properly weighing as much, of like value, worth as much as, with genitive, βοὸς ἄ.Refs 8th c.BC+; νῦν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος we are not—all together—worth one Hector,Refs 8th c.BC+; so πολλοῦ ἄ. worth much, Refs 5th c.BC+; παντός, τοῦ παντὸς ἄ., Refs 5th c.BC+; παντὸς ἄ., with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; λόγου ἄ., ={ἀξιόλογος}, Refs 5th c.BC+; σπουδῆς, μνήμης ἄ., Refs 6th c.BC+; μείονος, ἐλάττονος ἄ., Refs 5th c.BC+; also εἰς ὀγδοήκοντα μνᾶς ἄ. worth up to a sum of.., Refs 4th c.BC+
2 with dative person, σοὶ δ᾽ ἄξιόν ἐστιν ἀμοιβῆς 'tis worth a return to thee, i.e. will bring thee a return, Refs 8th c.BC+
3 absolutely, worthy, goodly, ἄξια δῶραRefs 8th c.BC+; ἄ. ὦνος a goodly price, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι it would bring thee a good price,Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b in Attic dialect in an exactly opposite sense, 'good value for the money', i.e. cheap, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative,Refs 5th c.BC+
4 deserved, meet, due, δίκηRefs 5th c.BC+; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων fit suffering for fit deeds, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 of persons, οἱ ἑωυτοῦ ἄξιοι those of one's own rank, his peers, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 sufficient for, with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ πολέμου τὰ χρήματαRefs 4th c.BC+
7 αἰδοῦς ἀξίαν.. τὴν προθυμίαν μᾶλλον ἢ θράσους more like modesty than rashness, Refs 4th c.BC+
II after Refs 8th c.BC+, in moral relation, worthy, estimable, of persons and things, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδὲν ἀξία nothing worth, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 worthy of, deserving, mostly with genitive of things, ἄξιον φυγῆς, ἄξια στεναγμάτων, γέλωτος, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b with genitive of things et dative person, ἡμῖν δ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἄξιος τιμῆς is worthy of honour at our hands, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with infinitive, Προθοήνορος ἀντὶ πεφάσθαι ἄ. worthy to be killed instead of him, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄξιοι δουλεύειν only fit to be slaves, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b ἄξιός εἰμι, like{δίκαιός εἰμι}, I deserve to.., ἄξιός εἰμι πληγὰς λαβεῖνRefs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, the infinitive being supplied, authorized to act, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. γάρ, emphatically, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.c later ἄ. ἵναNT
II.4 ἄξιόν [ἐστι] 'tis meet, fit, due, ἄξιον εἶναι τρεῖς ἑνὸς ἀντὶ πεφάσθαιRefs 8th c.BC+: later with future infinitive, ἄ. διαπορήσεινRefs 1st c.BC+in D.Refs
II.4.b with dative person et infinitive, τῇ πόλει γὰρ ἄξιον ξυλλαβεῖν τὸν νο̄ρα 'tis meet for the city, is worth her while.., Refs 5th c.BC+ that it was not meet for him.., Refs
II.4.c the infinitive is sometimes omitted, ἄξιον γὰρ Ἑλλάδι 'tis meet in the eyes of Hellas [so to do], Refs 5th c.BC+; and sometimes the dative, ἄξιόν ἐστι operae pretium est, it is worth while, ἐνθυμηθῆναιRefs 5th c.BC+
III adverb ἀξίως, with genitive, ἐμάχοντο ἀξίως λόγουRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς θεᾶς, NT+5th c.BC+; κολάσετε ἀξίως as they deserve, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.