ἀξιόλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.si.ó.lo.ɡos/ → /ak.siˈo.lo.ɣos/ → /ak.siˈo.lo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.si.ó.lo.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈo.lo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈo.lo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈo.lo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ak.siˈo.lo.ɣos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ξῐόλογος • (axiólogos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ξῐόλογον); second declension

1. worthy of mention: remarkable, noteworthy, of note, important
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.1:

     ἐλπίσας μέγαν τε ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἀξιολογώτατον τῶν προγεγενημένων

     elpísas mégan te ésesthai kaì axiologṓtaton tôn progegenēménōn

     believing that [the war] would be great and the most remarkable of any that have come before

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓ξῐόλογος; ᾰ̓ξῐόλογον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ξῐόλογος axiólogos	ᾰ̓ξῐόλογον axiólogon		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγω axiológō	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγω axiológō		ᾰ̓ξῐόλογοι axiólogoi	ᾰ̓ξῐόλογᾰ axióloga
Genitive		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγου axiológou	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγου axiológou		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγοιν axiológoin	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγοιν axiológoin		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγων axiológōn	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγων axiológōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγῳ axiológōi	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγῳ axiológōi		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγοιν axiológoin	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγοιν axiológoin		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγοις axiológois	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγοις axiológois
Accusative		ᾰ̓ξῐόλογον axiólogon	ᾰ̓ξῐόλογον axiólogon		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγω axiológō	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγω axiológō		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγους axiológous	ᾰ̓ξῐόλογᾰ axióloga
Vocative		ᾰ̓ξῐόλογε axióloge	ᾰ̓ξῐόλογον axiólogon		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγω axiológō	ᾰ̓ξῐολόγω axiológō		ᾰ̓ξῐόλογοι axiólogoi	ᾰ̓ξῐόλογᾰ axióloga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ξῐολόγως axiológōs			ᾰ̓ξῐολογώτερος axiologṓteros			ᾰ̓ξῐολογώτᾰτος axiologṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀξιόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press