ἄξιος

ἄγω (ágō) +‎ -τιος (-tios), with the verb in the sense "draw down (in the scale)", hence "weigh, import".

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

1. counterbalancing, weighing as much as, of like value
   • Il.23.885 νῦν δ’ οὐδ’ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος "we [all of us] are not worth as much as one Hector"
2. worthy, fit

• ἀντάξιος (antáxios)
• ἀξία (axía, “worth”)
• ἀξιόω (axióō, “to deem worthy or suitable”)
• ἀξιο- is a productive element in compounds in classical Greek, forming adjectives meaning "worthy or suitable for ..."; Liddell & Scott (1940) have 53 entries of this kind, including:
  • ἀξιοδάκρυτος (axiodákrutos, “worthy of tears”)
  • ἀξιοεργός (axioergós, “fit for, capable of work”)
  • ἀξιοφίλητος (axiophílētos, “worth loving”)
  • ἀξιοκαταφρόνητος (axiokataphrónētos, “deserving contempt”)
  • ἀξιόμορφος (axiómorphos, “shapely, beautiful”)
  • ἀξιοτίμητος (axiotímētos, “highly prized, valuable”)
  • ἀξιοπρεπής (axioprepḗs, “proper, becoming”)
  • ἀξιοφανής (axiophanḗs, “reputable”)

• → Coptic: ⲁⲝⲓⲟⲥ (aksios)
• Greek: άξιος (áxios)

• ἄξιος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄξιος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄξιος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄξιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄξιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄξιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
• ἄξιος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G514 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Axius (river) idem, page 1003.
  • adequate idem, page 11.
  • condign idem, page 157.
  • deserved idem, page 215.
  • deserving idem, page 215.
  • due idem, page 255.
  • exemplary idem, page 290.
  • fit idem, page 323.
  • just idem, page 466.
  • merited idem, page 526.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • worth idem, page 990.
  • worthy idem, page 991.