Ἀξιός

Ἀξιός

See also: ἄξιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Axius, the Paeonian river god, said to be from Ancient Macedonian.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.si.ós/ → /ak.siˈos/ → /ak.siˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.si.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈos/

Proper noun

Ἀξῐός • (Axiós) m (genitive Ἀξῐοῦ); second declension

1. Axius, an ancient name for the Orontes and Vardar rivers
2. An ancient name for the Orontes river
3. An ancient name for the Vardar river

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀξιός; τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀξιός ho Axiós
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ toû Axioû
Dative	τῷ Ἀξιῷ tôi Axiôi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀξιόν tòn Axión
Vocative	Ἀξιέ Axié
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αξιός (Axiós)
• → Latin: Axius
• → Turkish: Asi

References

1. Fitchett, Joseph; Deford, McAdams (1973). "A River Called Rebel". Aramco World (May/June): 12–21.
2. Getzel M. Cohen. The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa. p. 100.

Further reading

• “Ἀξιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀξιός 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, page 1,003