áxios

áxi--os ἄξιος áxios, „geeignet, würdig“

According to some scholars, ἄγω (ágō) +‎ -τιος (-tios), with the verb in the sense "draw down (in the scale)", hence "weigh, import". Beekes doubts this. Compare the meanings again of weighing in Latin exāmen of same root.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ák.si.os/ → /ˈak.si.os/ → /ˈak.si.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́ξῐος • (áxios) m (feminine ᾰ̓ξῐ́ᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓́ξῐον); first/second declension

counterbalancing, weighing as much as, of like value [ quotations ▼]
worthy, fit