ἀξί-ωμα, ατος, τό,
that of which one is thought worthy, an honour, γάμων.. ἀξίωμ᾽ ἐδέξατο[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 62] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἳ τὰς πόλεις ἔχουσι κἀξιώματα[[[prev. work] 605; κοινῆς τραπέζης ἀ. ἔχειν [prev. author] “Or.” 9] Refs]; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀ. the dignity of the city's representative, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.149. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 honour, reputation, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 424, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, etc.; ὢν ἐν ἀξιώματι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀστῶν [prev. author] 6.15; τὸ τῶν ἐλευθέρων γυναικῶν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.113: with _genitive_ objecti, ἀ. ἔχειν ἀρετῆς] Refs 5th c.BC+] claim on ground of merit, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281b25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 rank, position, ἀξιώματος ἀφάνεια[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37; γένει καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀξιώμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of things, worth, quality, οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 concrete, things of dignity, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.5.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II that which is thought fit, decision, decree, δαιμόνων[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1452, compare 1459; τὰ τῶν προγόνων ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.210; ἀ. κενὰ καὶ νομοθεσίαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.36U. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]