About Report a problem

Menu

ἀξία

ἀξία, the worth

ἀξία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (ἄξιος)
  • 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, κατʼ 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 κατʼ 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 κατʼ ἀ. ἰσότης proportionate equality, Arist. Pol. 1302a8; τὸ κατʼ ἀ. ἴσον ib. 1301b30; παρὰ τὴν ἀ. Id. EN 1122b29, 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 ἐπʼ 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 manʼs due, merit, deserts, τὴν μὲν ἀ. οὐ λάμψεαι, ἐλάσσω δὲ τῆς ἀξίης Hdt. 7.39; εἰ τῆς ἀ. ἐτύγχανες Ar. Av. 1223; κατʼ ἀξίαν according to desert or merit, duly, E. Hec. 374, Pl. R. 496a, cf. Phd. 113e, al.; ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀ. beyond desert, undeservedly, E. HF 146, D. 2.3; παρὰ τὴν ἀ., οὐ κατʼ ἀ., Th. 7.77, cf. D. 1.23.
        • b penalty, τὴν ἀ. ἀποτίνειν, ὑπέχειν, Luc. DMort. 24[30].1, Pisc. 8.
      • 4 moral value, Stoic. 3.30: pl., Cleanth. ib. 1.129.
    • II estimate of a thingʼs 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.

Saved

Recent