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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.sí.aː/ → /akˈsi.a/ → /akˈsi.a/
Etymology 1
Abstract noun from ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy”).
Noun
ἀξίᾱ • (axíā) f (genitive ἀξίᾱς); first declension
- worth, value
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
ἀξίᾱ • (axíā)
- inflection of ἄξιος (áxios):
- nominative/vocative singular feminine
- 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 (2006–2024)
- 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.