STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἀξιόω

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to deem worthy

ἀξιόω,

perfect ἠξίωκα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.24] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, see below 111.2:—passive, future ἀξιωθήσομαι[[ [prev. author] 9.6, but also ἀξιώσεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 637: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἠξιώθην: perfect ἠξίωμαι: (ἄξιος):—think, deem worthy,

__I with accusative et genitive, whether in good sense, think worthy of a reward, ἡμᾶς ἀξιοῖλόγου[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 962; ἑαυτὸν τῶν καλλίστων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.7] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or in bad, of a punishment, γοργύρης[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.145] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινὰ ἀτιμίας Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166; κακοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38a] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀξιεύμενος θυγατρὸς τῆς σῆς[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.111] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέχη.. τυράννων ἠξιωμένα deemed worthy of kings, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 366; ἀξιοῦσθαι κακῶν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.10; τοῦ αὑτοῦ ὀνόματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 103e, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I.2 with accusative only, esteem, honour, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1114, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 918] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινὰ προσφθέγμασιν honour one with words, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 903 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of things, value, οὐκ ἐξἴσου πάσας ἀξιοῦμεν ὑπολήψεις[[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.12] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, καλοῖς ὑμεναίοις ἀξιοῦσθαι[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1210: _absolutely_, τύμβον ἀξιούμενον ὁρᾶσθαι [prev. author] “Hec.” 319, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__III.2 think fit, expect, consent, resolve, etc., and so in various senses, ἀξιῶ θανεῖν I consent to die, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 944, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dare, ἀξιῶσαι μάχην συνάψαι[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 335] Refs 4th c.BC+]; deign to do, εἴ τις ἀξιοῖ μαθεῖν[[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1661, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1413] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀξιῶ χρήματα λαμβάνειν I do not hesitate to receive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 364d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶμαι πάντας.. φέρειν ἀξιοῦν ἔρανον I think that all should be glad to bring, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.101:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —frequently with _negative_, οὐδ᾽ ἀξιῶ μνησθῆναι I do not think them worth mentioning, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20; οὐκ ἠξίωσαν οὐδὲ προσβλέψαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 217; οὐκ ἀξιώσαντες.. τοῦτο παθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102 (but ἀξιοῦτε μὴ ἀντιδοῦναι δίκην 3.66); πείθεσθαι οὐκ ἀξιοῦντες ] Refs 5th c.BC+]refusing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 21.4:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —also in middle (not in Attic dialect Prose), ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν deign to care for, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 370] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φονεὺς γὰρ εἶναι ἠξιώσατο thought fit to be, [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 425] Refs]; οὐκ ἀξιεύμεναι ἀναμίσγεσθαι τῇσι ἄλλῃσι not condescending to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀξιεύμενος ἐς τὸν.. θρόνον ἵζεσθαι not deeming oneself worthy to.., [[ [prev. author] 7.16. ] Refs]