ἀξία

ἀξία

See also: αξία and ἄξια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.sí.aː/ → /akˈsi.a/ → /akˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /akˈsi.a/

Alternative forms

• ἀξίη (axíē) – Ionic

Etymology 1

Abstract noun from ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy”).

Noun

ἀξίᾱ • (axíā) f (genitive ἀξίᾱς); first declension

1. worth, value

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀξῐ́ᾱ hē axíā	τὼ ἀξῐ́ᾱ tṑ axíā	αἱ ἀξῐ́αι hai axíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀξῐ́ᾱς tês axíās	τοῖν ἀξῐ́αιν toîn axíain	τῶν ἀξῐῶν tôn axiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀξῐ́ᾳ têi axíāi	τοῖν ἀξῐ́αιν toîn axíain	ταῖς ἀξῐ́αις taîs axíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀξῐ́ᾱν tḕn axíān	τὼ ἀξῐ́ᾱ tṑ axíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s axíās
Vocative	ἀξῐ́ᾱ axíā	ἀξῐ́ᾱ axíā	ἀξῐ́αι axíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: axiogenesis
• Greek: αξία (axía)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ἀξίᾱ • (axíā)

1. inflection of ἄξιος (áxios):
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual feminine

References

• “ἀξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀξία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cost idem, page 176.
  • desert idem, page 215.
  • due idem, page 255.
  • honour idem, page 404.
  • merit idem, page 526.
  • price idem, page 640.
  • quality idem, page 663.
  • rate idem, page 673.
  • value idem, page 943.
  • worth idem, page 990.