καταξι-όω,
deem worthy, with accusative et infinitive, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.111 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; hold in honour, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.86.8:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, deem worthy of a thing, [[ τάξεως τὸν κίνδυνον [prev\. author] 1.23.3; τινὰ μεγάλης ἀποδοχῆς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.60 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, οὔτε νιν.. Δίκη προσεῖδε καὶ κατηξιώσατο did not regard and hold in high esteem, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Th.” 667:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, to be held worthy, [[ πρεσβείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.10.8, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “VP” 36.265; ἔργον ἐπιφανὲς καὶ κατηξιωμένον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.83.4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+].
__II command, bid, [[ πολλὰ Χαίρειν ξυμφοραῖς καταξιῶ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 572 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύ τοι κατηξίωσας thou didst decree it so, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 1095 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III deign, vouchsafe, with infinitive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 3, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Ep.” 204, “PLond.” 2.232.14 (4th c.AD), “POxy.” 1214 (5th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV in bad sense, τῶν ἐν μέρους εἴδει πεφυκότων μηδενὶ καταξιώσωμεν let us not degrade it by likening it to.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ti.” 30c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V in argument, claim, maintain, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sign.” 30, +others:] Refs 1st c.BC+] —middle, with infinitive, [[ [prev\. author] “Rh.” 1.32S. ] Refs]