A.worth, value, “τῶν φορτίων” Hdt.4.196; “τοῦ τιμήματος τῆς ἀξίας” E.Hipp.623; “ἡ ἀ. τοῦ δούλου” Pl.Lg.936d; then, simply, money-value, price, amount, “κατ᾽ ἀξίην ἑκάστου ἀδικήματος ἐδικαίευ” Hdt.1.100; “ὑποτελέειν ἀξίην βασιλέϊ” Id.4.201; τῆς ἀ. τιμᾶσθαι estimate the penalty at the real amount, Pl.Ap.36b, cf. e; “τὴν ἀξίαν τῆς βλάβης ἀπογράφεσθαι” Id.Lg.845e; προσάπτειν ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τὴν ἀ. τοῦ πάθους ib.876d; “μὴ κατ᾽ ἀξίαν τῆς οὐσίας” X. Cyr.8.4.32; “σκοποῦμαι . . εἰ ἄρα ὥσπερ τῶν οἰκετῶν, οὕτω καὶ τῶν φίλων εἰσὶν ἀξίαι” Id.Mem.2.5.2; κατὰ τὴν τῆς ὀλιγωρίας ἀ. according to the amount of his neglect, Decr. ap. D.18.74; ἡ κατ᾽ ἀ. ἰσότης proportionate equality, Arist.Pol.1302a8; τὸ κατ᾽ ἀ. ἴσον ib.1301b30; “παρὰ τὴν ἀ.” Id.EN1122b29,al.
2. of persons, reputation, dignity, Th.6.68, D.13.18, cf. 18.63; “ἡ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀ.” Pl.Lg.945b; ἡ τῆς ἀ. τιμή ib.744b; οἱ ἐπ᾽ ἀξίας persons of dignity, official personages, Luc.Nigr.24; ἐξεπορεύετο μετὰ μεγάλης ἀ. with great dignity, pomp, Plb.38.8.6; “κατὰ δουλικὴν ἀξίαν κοσμεῖσθαι” D.S.5.40.
3. generally, a man's due, merit, deserts, “τὴν μὲν ἀ. οὐ λάμψεαι, ἐλάσσω δὲ τῆς ἀξίης” Hdt.7.39; “εἰ τῆς ἀ. ἐτύγχανες” Ar.Av.1223; κατ᾽ ἀξίαν according to desert or merit, duly, E.Hec.374, Pl.R.496a, cf. Phd.113e, al.; ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀ. beyond desert, undeservedly, E.HF146, D.2.3; παρὰ τὴν ἀ., οὐ κατ᾽ ἀ., Th.7.77, cf. D.1.23.
4. moral value, Stoic.3.30: pl., Cleanth.ib. 1.129.
