ἀξία

See also: αξία, ἄξια, and άξια

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 axĭ́ā	τὼ ἀξῐ́ᾱ tṑ axĭ́ā	αἱ ἀξῐ́αι hai axĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἀξῐ́ᾱς tês axĭ́ās	τοῖν ἀξῐ́αιν toîn axĭ́ain	τῶν ἀξῐῶν tôn axĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀξῐ́ᾳ têi axĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀξῐ́αιν toîn axĭ́ain	ταῖς ἀξῐ́αις taîs axĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἀξῐ́ᾱν tḕn axĭ́ān	τὼ ἀξῐ́ᾱ tṑ axĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἀξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s axĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀξῐ́ᾱ axĭ́ā	ἀξῐ́ᾱ axĭ́ā	ἀξῐ́αι axĭ́ai
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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], 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.