ἀξίωμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /akʰsí.ɔ͜ɔma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /akʰsíoːma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /axsíoma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aksíoma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aksíoma/

Noun

ἀξίωμα (genitive ἀξιώματος) n, third declension; (aksiōma)

1. that which is thought to fit, a requisite,
2. that which a pupil is required to know beforehand
3. a self-evident principle

Inflection

Third declension of ἀξίωμᾰ, ἀξιώμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀξίωμᾰ	ἀξιώμᾰτε	ἀξιώμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	ἀξιώμᾰτος	ἀξιωμάτοιν	ἀξιωμάτων
Dative	ἀξιώμᾰτῐ	ἀξιωμάτοιν	ἀξιώμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἀξίωμᾰ	ἀξιώμᾰτε	ἀξιώμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	ἀξίωμᾰ	ἀξιώμᾰτε	ἀξιώμᾰτᾰ

Descendants

• Latin: axiōma

References

• ἀξίωμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• axiom in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911