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ἀξίωσις

ἀξίωσις, a thinking worthy

ἀξί-ωσις, gen. εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,
  • thinking worthy, τῆς ἀξιώσιος εἵνεκα τῆς ἐμεῦ γῆμαι for your deeming it fit to marry from my family, Hdt. 6.130.
      • 2 being thought worthy, oneʼs reputation, character, διὰ τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν ἀ. Th. 1.138, cf. 6.54; τὴν ἀ. μὴ ἀφανίζειν Id. 2.61; excellence, τῶν ποιημάτων D.H. Comp. 4.
      • 3 dignity, rank, Id. 6.71, al., App. BC 1.79; λοχαγοῦ τάξις καὶ ἀ. Arr. Tact. 12.4.
      • 4 dignity of style, D.H. Comp. 18.
    • II demand, claim, on grounds of merit (opp. χρεία, on grounds of necessity), Th. 1.37; ἀ. χάριτος 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.
        • b petition, ἀ. ἔγγραφος Plu. Demetr. 42; = libellus, D.C. 60.30.
    • III opinion, principle, maxim, τὴν ἀ. ταύτην εἰλήφεσαν . . Th. 2.88, cf. Aeschin. 3.220.
    • IV ἀ. τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐς τὰ ἔργα the established meaning of words, Th. 3.82.

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