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ἀνάξιος (A), ον, also α, ον freq. in Att.:
I. of persons, unworthy, not deemed or held worthy; ἀνάξιον σοῦ too good for thee, S.Ph.1009: also c. inf., ἀ. γὰρ πᾶσίν ἐστε δυστυχεῖν undeserving in the eyes of all to suffer, S.OC1446; “νικᾶν” Pl.Prt.356a.
2. abs., worthless, despicable, Hdt.7.9, S.Ph.439, etc.; “ἁπερεί τις ἔποικος ἀναξία” Id.El. 189 (lyr.). Adv. “-ίως” Id.Aj.1392, etc.
3. undeserving of evil, Id.Ant.694, E.Heracl.526, Th.3.59.
II. of things, undeserved, “ἀνάξια σφέων αὐτῶν πεπονθότες” Hdt.1.73, cf. 114, Lys.21.25, Pl.Cri. 53e: also abs., “ἀνάξια παθεῖν” E.IA852, al., Pl.Tht.184a. Adv. “-ίως, ἐφθάρησαν ἀ. ἑωυτῶν” Hdt.7.10.έ.
2. unworthy, “πολλὰ καὶ ἀ. ἐμοῦ” Pl.Ap.38e.
3. worthless, “τὸ ἀ. ἀκερδές” Id.Hipparch.231e.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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